2 Samuel 6:16

6:16 As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him.¹

2 Samuel 10:19

10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer² saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel.³ The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 11:2

11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace.⁴ From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.⁵

2 Samuel 12:19

12:19 When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he⁶ realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” They replied, “Yes, he’s dead.”

2 Samuel 18:24

18:24 Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates,⁷ and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

2 Samuel 18:26

18:26 Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper, “There is another man running by himself.” The king said, “This one also is bringing good news.”

2 Samuel 24:17

24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.”⁸

¹tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.” Cf. CEV “she was disgusted (+ with him TEV)”; NLT “was filled with contempt for him”; NCV “she hated him.”

²tn Heb “the servants of Hadadezer.”

³tn Heb “and they served them.”

⁴tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.

⁵tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.

⁶tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

⁷tn Heb “the two gates.”

⁸tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”