2 Samuel 5:6

David Occupies Jerusalem

5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem ¹  against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites ²  said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”

2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ³  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ⁴  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ⁶  “Come on! ⁷  Let’s escape! ⁸  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁹  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ¹⁰ 

2 Samuel 17:20

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men ¹¹  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ¹² 

2 Samuel 19:19

19:19 He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left ¹³  Jerusalem! ¹⁴  Please don’t call it to mind!

2 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Then David went to his palace ¹⁵  in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. ¹⁶  Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. ¹⁷  They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

2 Samuel 20:22

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ¹⁸  blew the trumpet, and his men ¹⁹  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ²⁰  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When the angel ²¹  extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. ²²  He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” ²³  (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

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² tn The Hebrew text has “he” rather than “the Jebusites.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In the Syriac Peshitta and some mss of the Targum the verb is plural rather than singular.

³ tn Heb “brought out.”

⁴ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

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⁷ tn Heb “Arise!”

⁸ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

⁹ tn Heb “thrust.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

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¹³ tn Though this verb in the MT is 3rd person masculine singular, it should probably be read as 2nd person masculine singular. It is one of fifteen places where the Masoretes placed a dot over each of the letters of the word in question in order to call attention to their suspicion of the word. Their concern in this case apparently had to do with the fact that this verb and the two preceding verbs alternate from third person to second and back again to third. Words marked in this way in Hebrew manuscripts or printed editions are said to have puncta extrordinaria, or “extraordinary points.”

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¹⁵ tn Heb “house.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and he placed them in a guarded house.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “he did not come to them”; NAB “has no further relations with them”; NIV “did not lie with them”; TEV “did not have intercourse with them”; NLT “would no longer sleep with them.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰ tn Heb “his tents.”

²¹ tn Heb “messenger.”

²² tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

²³ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”