2 Samuel 5:20

5:20 So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, “The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.¹

2 Samuel 16:8

16:8 The Lord has punished you for² all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

2 Samuel 18:33

18:33 (19:1)³ The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, “My son, Absalom! My son, my son,⁴ Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”⁵

2 Samuel 24:10

24:10 David felt guilty⁶ after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

2 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When the angel⁷ extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment.⁸ He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!”⁹ (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

¹tn The name means “Lord of the outbursts.”

²tn Heb “has brought back upon you.”

³sn This marks the beginning of ch. 19 in the Hebrew text. Beginning with 18:33, the verse numbers through 19:43 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 18:33 ET = 19:1 HT, 19:1 ET = 19:2 HT, 19:2 ET = 19:3 HT, etc., through 19:43 ET = 19:44 HT. From 20:1 the versification in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible is again the same.

⁴tc One medieval Hebrew ms, some mss of the LXX, and the Vulgate lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

⁵tc The Lucianic Greek recension and Syriac Peshitta lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

⁶tn Heb “and the heart of David struck him.”

⁷tn Heb “messenger.”

⁸tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

⁹tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”