2 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When all the leaders ¹  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ²  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ³  David as king over Israel.

2 Samuel 7:2

7:2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.”

2 Samuel 7:7

7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ⁴  to any of the leaders ⁵  whom I appointed to care for ⁶  my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 10:19

10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer ⁷  saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. ⁸  The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 13:8

13:8 So Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, who was lying down. She took the dough, kneaded it, made some cakes while he watched, ⁹  and baked them. ¹⁰ 

2 Samuel 15:8

15:8 For I made this vow ¹¹  when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, ¹²  I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 23:5

23:5 My dynasty is approved by God, ¹³ 

for he has made a perpetual covenant with me,

arranged in all its particulars and secured.

He always delivers me,

and brings all I desire to fruition. ¹⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “elders.”

² tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

³ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁴ tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

⁵ tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

⁶ tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

⁷ tn Heb “the servants of Hadadezer.”

⁸ tn Heb “and they served them.”

⁹ tn Heb “in his sight.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the cakes.”

¹¹ tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.

¹² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹³ tn Heb “For not thus [is] my house with God?”

¹⁴ tn Heb “for all my deliverance and every desire, surely does he not make [it] grow?”