Discovery Box2 Samuel 1:15 
Context1:15 Then David called one of the soldiers 1 and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
2 Samuel 4:1
Context4:1 When Ish-bosheth 2 the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, 3 and all Israel was afraid.
2 Samuel 6:7
Context6:7 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 4 he 5 killed him on the spot 6 for his negligence. 7 He died right there beside the ark of God.
2 Samuel 11:17
Context11:17 When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers 8 fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.
2 Samuel 11:24
Context11:24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers 9 died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
2 Samuel 19:10
Context19:10 But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, 10 has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?” 11
2 Samuel 24:15
Context24:15 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba.
1 tn Heb “young men.”
2 tn The MT does not specify the subject of the verb here, but the reference is to Ish-bosheth, so the name has been supplied in the translation for clarity. 4QSama and the LXX mistakenly read “Mephibosheth.”
3 tn Heb “his hands went slack.”
4 tn Heb “and the anger of the
5 tn Heb “God.”
6 tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.
7 tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.
8 tn Heb “some of the people from the servants of David.”
9 tc The translation follows the Qere (“your servants”) rather than the Kethib (“your servant”).
10 tn Heb “over us.”
11 tc The LXX includes the following words at the end of v. 11: “And what all Israel was saying came to the king’s attention.” The words are misplaced in the LXX from v. 12 (although the same statement appears there in the LXX as well).
