2 Samuel 5:17

Conflict with the Philistines

5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated ¹  king over Israel, they all ²  went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

2 Samuel 5:23

5:23 So David asked the Lord what he should do. ³  This time ⁴  the Lord ⁵  said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 7:6

7:6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 11:2

11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. ⁸  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 12:21

12:21 His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While ¹⁰  the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”

2 Samuel 13:29

13:29 So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.

2 Samuel 14:14

14:14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 17:2

17:2 When I catch up with ¹²  him he will be exhausted and worn out. ¹³  I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

2 Samuel 17:13

17:13 If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!”

2 Samuel 17:21-22

17:21 After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan ¹⁴  climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, “Get up and cross the stream ¹⁵  quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.” ¹⁶  17:22 So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. ¹⁷  By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan.

2 Samuel 18:24

18:24 Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, ¹⁸  and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

2 Samuel 20:19

20:19 I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city ¹⁹  in Israel. Why should you swallow up the Lord’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 23:1

David’s Final Words

23:1 These are the final words of David:

“The oracle of David son of Jesse,

the oracle of the man raised up as

the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, ²⁰ 

Israel’s beloved ²¹  singer of songs:

2 Samuel 23:4

23:4 is like the light of morning when the sun comes up,

a morning in which there are no clouds.

He is like the brightness after rain

that produces grass from the earth.

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¹ tn Heb “anointed.”

² tn Heb “all the Philistines.”

³ tn The words “what to do” are not in the Hebrew text.

⁴ tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Some translate as “balsam trees” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NJB, NLT); cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV “mulberry trees”; NAB “mastic trees”; NEB, REB “aspens.” The exact identification of the type of tree or plant is uncertain.

⁷ tn Heb “in a tent and in a dwelling.” The expression is a hendiadys, using two terms to express one idea.

⁸ tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.

⁹ tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.

¹⁰ tc For the MT בַּעֲבוּר (ba’avur, “for the sake of”) we should probably read בְּעוֹד (bÿ’od, “while”). See the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targum.

¹¹ tn Heb “he devises plans for the one banished from him not to be banished.”

¹² tn Heb “and I will come upon him.”

¹³ tn Heb “exhausted and slack of hands.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Ahimaaz and Jonathan) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Heb “the water.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “for thus Ahithophel has devised against you.” The expression “thus” is narrative shorthand, referring to the plan outlined by Ahithophel (see vv. 1-3). The men would surely have outlined the plan in as much detail as they had been given by the messenger.

¹⁷ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text here or in v. 24, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁸ tn Heb “the two gates.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “a city and a mother.” The expression is a hendiadys, meaning that this city was an important one in Israel and had smaller cities dependent on it.

²⁰ tn Heb “the anointed one of the God of Jacob.”

²¹ tn Or “pleasant.”