2 Samuel 4:8

4:8 They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king, “Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The Lord has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against ¹  Saul and his descendants!”

2 Samuel 9:3

9:3 The king asked, “Is there not someone left from Saul’s family, ²  that I may extend God’s kindness to him?” Ziba said to the king, “One of Jonathan’s sons is left; both of his feet are crippled.”

2 Samuel 13:6

13:6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand.”

2 Samuel 14:17

14:17 So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!’”

2 Samuel 16:2

16:2 The king asked Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” ³  Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread ⁴  and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.” ⁵ 

2 Samuel 18:29

18:29 The king replied, “How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied, “I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”

2 Samuel 19:8

19:8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they ⁶  all came before him.

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

But the Israelite soldiers ⁷  had all fled to their own homes. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 19:19

19:19 He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left ⁹  Jerusalem! ¹⁰  Please don’t call it to mind!

2 Samuel 19:28

19:28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather ¹¹  who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! ¹²  What further claim do I have to ask ¹³  the king for anything?”

2 Samuel 19:42

19:42 All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king’s expense? ¹⁴  Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?”

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¹ tn Heb “from.”

² tn Heb “house.”

³ tn Heb “What are these to you?”

⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וְהַלֶּחֶם (vÿhallekhem, “and the bread”) rather than וּלְהַלֶּחֶם (ulÿhallekhem, “and to the bread”) of the Kethib. The syntax of the MT is confused here by the needless repetition of the preposition, probably taken from the preceding word.

⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds “to drink.”

⁶ tn Heb “all the people.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).

⁸ tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”

⁹ tn Though this verb in the MT is 3rd person masculine singular, it should probably be read as 2nd person masculine singular. It is one of fifteen places where the Masoretes placed a dot over each of the letters of the word in question in order to call attention to their suspicion of the word. Their concern in this case apparently had to do with the fact that this verb and the two preceding verbs alternate from third person to second and back again to third. Words marked in this way in Hebrew manuscripts or printed editions are said to have puncta extrordinaria, or “extraordinary points.”

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹¹ tn Heb “father.”

¹² tn Heb “and you placed your servant among those who eat at your table.”

¹³ tn Heb “to cry out to.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “from the king.”