2 Samuel 7:23

7:23 Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ¹  on the earth? Their God ²  went ³  to claim ⁴  a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, ⁵  before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 19:28

19:28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather ⁷  who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! ⁸  What further claim do I have to ask ⁹  the king for anything?”

2 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We ¹⁰  have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, ¹¹  nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, ¹²  “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

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¹ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

² tn Heb “whose God” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The verb is plural in Hebrew, agreeing grammatically with the divine name, which is a plural of degree.

⁴ tn Heb “redeem.”

⁵ tn Heb “and to do for you [plural form] the great [thing] and awesome [things] for your land.”

⁶ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations and their gods.” The LXX has “nations and tents,” which reflects a mistaken metathesis of letters in אֶלֹהָיו (e’lohav, “its gods”) and אֹהָלָיו (’ohalav, “its tents”).

⁷ tn Heb “father.”

⁸ tn Heb “and you placed your servant among those who eat at your table.”

⁹ tn Heb “to cry out to.”

¹⁰ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

¹² tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.