2 Samuel 7:20

7:20 What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, ¹  O Lord God!

2 Samuel 14:3

14:3 Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say. ² 

2 Samuel 17:5

17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for ³  Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “and you know your servant.” The verb here refers to recognizing another in a special way and giving them special treatment (see 1 Chr 17:18). Some English versions take this to refer to the Lord’s knowledge of David himself: CEV “you know my thoughts”; NLT “know what I am really like.”

² tn Heb “put the words in her mouth” (so NASB, NIV).

³ tc In the MT the verb is singular, but in the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate it is plural.

⁴ tn Heb “what is in his mouth.”