2 Samuel 5:11

5:11 King Hiram of Tyre ¹  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace ²  for David.

2 Samuel 11:8-9

11:8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relax.” ³  When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him. ⁴  11:9 But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all ⁵  the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.

2 Samuel 15:16

15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court ⁶  set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines ⁷  to attend to the palace.

2 Samuel 15:35

15:35 Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you. ⁸  Everything you hear in the king’s palace ⁹  you must tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

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¹ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

² tn Heb “a house.”

³ tn Heb “and wash your feet.”

⁴ tn Heb “and there went out after him the gift of the king.”

⁵ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation lacks the word “all.”

⁶ tn Heb “and all his house.”

⁷ tn Heb “women, concubines.”

⁸ tn Heb “Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you?” The rhetorical question draws attention to the fact that Hushai will not be alone.

⁹ tn Heb “from the house of the king.”