2 Samuel 5:18

5:18 Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 6:14

6:14 Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord. 1 

2 Samuel 6:23

6:23 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, had no children to the day of her death.

2 Samuel 13:21

13:21 Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry. 2 

2 Samuel 14:1

David Permits Absalom to Return to Jerusalem

14:1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see 3  Absalom.

2 Samuel 16:15

The Advice of Ahithophel

16:15 Now when Absalom and all the men 4  of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, 5  Ahithophel was with him.

1 tn Heb “and David was dancing with all his strength before the Lord, and David was girded with a linen ephod.”

2 tc The LXX and part of the Old Latin tradition include the following addition to v. 21, also included in some English versions (e.g., NAB, NRSV, CEV): “But he did not grieve the spirit of Amnon his son, because he loved him, since he was his firstborn.” Note David’s attitude toward his son Adonijah in 1 Kgs 1:6.

3 tn Heb “the heart of the king was upon.” The Syriac Peshitta adds the verb ’ethre’i (“was reconciled”).

4 tn Heb “and all the people, the men of Israel.”

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