2 Samuel 7:18
David Offers a Prayer to God
7:18 King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, 1 that you should have brought me to this point?
2 Samuel 7:22
7:22 Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! 2
2 Samuel 7:28
7:28 Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! 3 May your words prove to be true! 4 You have made this good promise to your servant! 5
2 Samuel 13:29
13:29 So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.
2 Samuel 13:33
13:33 Now don’t let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, ‘All the king’s sons are dead.’ It is only Amnon who is dead.”
2 Samuel 14:12
14:12 Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.”
2 Samuel 14:18
14:18 Then the king replied to the woman, “Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak!”
2 Samuel 14:20
14:20 Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.” 6
2 Samuel 15:15
15:15 The king’s servants replied to the king, “We will do whatever our lord the king decides.” 7
2 Samuel 18:31
18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, 8 “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” 9
2 Samuel 19:20
19:20 For I, your servant, 10 know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
2 Samuel 19:27
19:27 But my servant 11 has slandered me 12 to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.
2 Samuel 19:30
19:30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him have 13 the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely 14 to his house!”
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “in all which we heard with our ears.” The phrase translated “in all” בְּכֹל (bÿkhol) should probably be emended to “according to all” כְּכֹל (kÿkhol).
3 tn Heb “the God.” The article indicates uniqueness here.
4 tn The translation understands the prefixed verb form as a jussive, indicating David’s wish/prayer. Another option is to take the form as an imperfect and translate “your words are true.”
5 tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”
6 tn Heb “to know all that is in the land.”
7 tn Heb “according to all that my lord the king will choose, behold your servants!”
8 tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”
9 tn Heb “for the Lord has vindicated you today from the hand of all those rising against you.”
10 tn The Hebrew text has simply “your servant.”
11 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “your servant.”
13 tn Heb “take.”
14 tn Heb “in peace.”