2 Samuel 6:21

6:21 David replied to Michal, “It was before the Lord! I was celebrating before the Lord, who chose me over your father and his entire family ¹  and appointed me as leader over the Lord’s people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:29

7:29 Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty ²  so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!” ³ 

2 Samuel 12:3

12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. ⁴  It used to ⁵  eat his food, ⁶  drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. ⁷  It was just like a daughter to him.

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¹ tn Heb “all his house”; CEV “anyone else in your family.”

² tn Heb “house” (again later in this verse). See the note on “dynastic house” in v. 27.

³ tn Or “permanently”; cf. NLT “it is an eternal blessing.”

⁴ tn Heb “his sons.”

⁵ tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.

⁶ tn Heb “from his morsel.”

⁷ tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”