2 Samuel 6:11

6:11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.

2 Samuel 11:22

11:22 So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.

2 Samuel 12:16

12:16 Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

2 Samuel 15:16

15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace.

2 Samuel 17:2

17:2 When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

2 Samuel 18:17

18:17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.

2 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.”

tn Heb “house,” both here and in v. 12.

tn Heb “sought” or “searched for.”

tn Heb “and David fasted.”

tn The three Hebrew verbs that follow in this verse are perfects with prefixed vav. They may describe repeated past actions or actions which accompanied David’s praying and fasting.

tn Heb “and all his house.”

tn Heb “women, concubines.”

tn Heb “and I will come upon him.”

tn Heb “exhausted and slack of hands.”

tn Heb “and all Israel fled, each to his tent.” In this context this refers to the supporters of Absalom (see vv. 6-7, 16).