2 Samuel 6:12
6:12 David was told, 1 “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.
2 Samuel 14:2
14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning 2 and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. 3
2 Samuel 24:13
24:13 Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven 4 years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide 5 what I should tell the one who sent me.”
2 Samuel 24:16
24:16 When the angel 6 extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. 7 He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” 8 (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)
1 tn Heb “and it was told to David, saying.”
2 tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.
3 tn Heb “these many days.”
4 tc The LXX has here “three” rather than “seven,” and is followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT. See 1 Chr 21:12.
5 tn Heb “now know and see.”
6 tn Heb “messenger.”
7 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
8 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”