2 Samuel 6:1

David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

6:1 David again assembled ¹  all the best ²  men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

2 Samuel 6:15

6:15 David and all Israel ³  were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 12:29

12:29 So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

2 Samuel 13:21

13:21 Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 15:17

15:17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing ⁶  at a spot ⁷  some distance away.

2 Samuel 17:24

17:24 Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

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¹ tn The translation understands the verb to be a defective spelling of וַיְּאֱסֹף (vayyÿ’esof) due to quiescence of the letter א (alef). The root therefore is אסף (’sf, “to gather”). The Masoretes, however, pointed the verb as וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef), understanding it to be a form of יָסַף (yasaf, “to add”). This does not fit the context, which calls for a verb of gathering.

² tn Or “chosen.”

³ tc Heb “all the house of Israel.” A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “the house.”

⁴ tn Heb “the shophar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “and they stood.”

⁷ tn Heb “house.”