Discovery Box2 Samuel 1:4 
Context1:4 David inquired, “How were things going? 1 Tell me!” He replied, “The people fled from the battle and many of them 2 fell dead. 3 Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”
2 Samuel 1:6
Context1:6 The young man who was telling him this 4 said, “I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.
2 Samuel 2:21
Context2:21 Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers 5 and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.
2 Samuel 3:24
Context3:24 So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner 6 has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way! 7
2 Samuel 3:27
Context3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him 8 in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. 9
2 Samuel 4:5
Context4:5 Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite – Recab and Baanah – went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest.
2 Samuel 6:21
Context6:21 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 10 and appointed me as leader over the Lord’s people Israel.
2 Samuel 7:14
Context7:14 I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.
2 Samuel 9:6
Context9:6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. 11 David said, “Mephibosheth?” He replied, “Yes, at your service.” 12
2 Samuel 9:9
Context9:9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, “Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson.
2 Samuel 11:1
Context11:1 In the spring of the year, at the time when kings 13 normally conduct wars, 14 David sent out Joab with his officers 15 and the entire Israelite army. 16 They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 17
2 Samuel 11:10
Context11:10 So they informed David, “Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?”
2 Samuel 12:21
Context12:21 His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While 18 the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”
2 Samuel 12:24
Context12:24 So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. 19 She gave birth to a son, and David 20 named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child 21
2 Samuel 13:2
Context13:2 But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick 22 over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.
2 Samuel 13:28-29
Context13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk 23 and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” 24 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 14:9
Context14:9 The Tekoan woman said to the king, “My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!”
2 Samuel 14:16
Context14:16 Yes! 25 The king may 26 listen and deliver his female servant 27 from the hand of the man who seeks to remove 28 both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’ 29
2 Samuel 14:33
Context14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king 30 summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom 31 bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. 32
2 Samuel 15:12
Context15:12 While he was offering sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s adviser, 33 to come from his city, Giloh. 34 The conspiracy was gaining momentum, and the people were starting to side with Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:18
Context15:18 All his servants were leaving with him, 35 along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites – some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with 36 the king.
2 Samuel 16:13
Context16:13 So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them. 37
2 Samuel 17:19
Context17:19 His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
2 Samuel 18:14
Context18:14 Joab replied, “I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree. 38
2 Samuel 19:2
Context19:2 So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.”
2 Samuel 19:5
Context19:5 So Joab visited 39 the king at his home. He said, “Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.
2 Samuel 19:17
Context19:17 There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant 40 of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed 41 the Jordan within sight of the king.
2 Samuel 20:8-9
Context20:8 When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out. 42
20:9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss.
2 Samuel 21:1
Context21:1 During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. 43 The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, 44 because he murdered the Gibeonites.”
2 Samuel 21:6
Context21:6 let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute 45 them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord’s chosen one.” 46 The king replied, “I will turn them over.”
2 Samuel 22:16
Context22:16 The depths 47 of the sea were exposed;
the inner regions 48 of the world were uncovered
by the Lord’s battle cry, 49
by the powerful breath from his nose. 50
2 Samuel 23:8
Context23:8 These are the names of David’s warriors:
Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. 51 He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle. 52
2 Samuel 23:21
Context23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. 53 The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked 54 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
2 Samuel 24:2
Context24:2 The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.”
2 Samuel 24:21
Context24:21 Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”
1 tn Heb “What was the word?”
2 tn Heb “from the people.”
3 tn Heb “fell and died.”
4 tc The Syriac Peshitta and one
5 tn Heb “young men.” So also elsewhere.
6 tn Heb “Look, Abner.”
7 tc The LXX adds “in peace.”
8 tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”
9 tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”
10 tn Heb “all his house”; CEV “anyone else in your family.”
11 tn Heb “he fell on his face and bowed down.”
12 tn Heb “Look, your servant.”
13 tc Codex Leningrad (B19A), on which BHS is based, has here “messengers” (הַמַּלְאכִים, hammal’khim), probably as the result of contamination from the occurrence of that word in v. 4. The present translation follows most Hebrew
14 tn Heb “go out.”
15 tn Heb “and his servants with him.”
16 tn Heb “all Israel.”
17 tn The disjunctive clause contrasts David’s inactivity with the army’s activity.
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18 tc For the MT בַּעֲבוּר (ba’avur, “for the sake of”) we should probably read בְּעוֹד (bÿ’od, “while”). See the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targum.
19 tn Heb “and he lay with her.”
20 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity. While some translations render the pronoun as third person plural (“they”), implying that both David and Bathsheba together named the child, it is likely that the name “Solomon,” which is related to the Hebrew word for “peace” (and may be derived from it) had special significance for David, who would have regarded the birth of a second child to Bathsheba as a confirming sign that God had forgiven his sin and was at peace with him.
21 tn Heb “him,” referring to the child.
22 tn Heb “and there was distress to Amnon so that he made himself sick.”
23 tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”
24 tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”
25 tn Or “for.”
26 tn Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here.
27 tn Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”
28 tn Heb “destroy.”
29 tn Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.
30 tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.
31 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
32 tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
33 tn Traditionally, “counselor,” but this term is more often associated with psychological counseling today, so “adviser” was used in the translation instead.
34 tn Heb “Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, the adviser of David, from his city, from Giloh, while he was sacrificing.” It is not entirely clear who (Absalom or Ahithophel) was offering the sacrifices.
35 tn Heb “crossing over near his hand.”
36 tn Heb “crossing over near the face of.”
37 tn Heb “and he cursed and threw stones, opposite him, pelting [them] with dirt.” The offline vÿqatal construction in the last clause indicates an action that was complementary to the action described in the preceding clause. He simultaneously threw stones and dirt.
38 tn There is a play on the word “heart” here that is difficult to reproduce in English. Literally the Hebrew text says “he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the heart of the oak tree.” This figure of speech involves the use of the same word in different senses and is known as antanaclasis. It is illustrated in the familiar saying from the time of the American Revolution: “If we don’t hang together, we will all hang separately.” The present translation understands “heart” to be used somewhat figuratively for “chest” (cf. TEV, CEV), which explains why Joab’s armor bearers could still “kill” Absalom after he had been stabbed with three spears through the “heart.” Since trees do not have “chests” either, the translation uses “middle.”
39 tn Heb “came to.”
40 tn Heb “youth.”
41 tn Heb “rushed into.”
42 sn The significance of the statement it fell out here is unclear. If the dagger fell out of its sheath before Joab got to Amasa, how then did he kill him? Josephus, Ant. 7.11.7 (7.284), suggested that as Joab approached Amasa he deliberately caused the dagger to fall to the ground at an opportune moment as though by accident. When he bent over and picked it up, he then stabbed Amasa with it. Others have tried to make a case for thinking that two swords are referred to – the one that fell out and another that Joab kept concealed until the last moment. But nothing in the text clearly supports this view. Perhaps Josephus’ understanding is best, but it is by no means obvious in the text either.
43 tn Heb “sought the face of the
44 tn Heb “and the house of bloodshed.”
45 tn The exact nature of this execution is not altogether clear. The verb יָקַע (yaqa’) basically means “to dislocate” or “alienate.” In Gen 32:26 it is used of the dislocation of Jacob’s thigh. Figuratively it can refer to the removal of an individual from a group (e.g., Jer 6:8; Ezek 23:17) or to a type of punishment the specific identity of which is uncertain (e.g., here and Num 25:4); cf. NAB “dismember them”; NIV “to be killed and exposed.”
46 tc The LXX reads “at Gibeon on the mountain of the
47 tn Or “channels.”
48 tn Or “foundations.”
49 tn The noun is derived from the verb גָעַר (nag’ar) which is often understood to mean “rebuke.” In some cases it is apparent that scolding or threatening is in view (see Gen 37:10; Ruth 2:16; Zech 3:2). However, in militaristic contexts this translation is inadequate, for the verb refers in this setting to the warrior’s battle cry, which terrifies and paralyzes the enemy. See A. Caquot, TDOT 3:53, and note the use of the verb in Pss 68:30; 106:9; and Nah 1:4, as well as the related noun in Job 26:11; Pss 9:5; 76:6; 104:7; Isa 50:2; 51:20; 66:15.
50 tn Heb “blast of the breath” (literally, “breath of breath”) employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.
51 tn The Hebrew word is sometimes rendered as “the three,” but BDB is probably correct in taking it to refer to military officers (BDB 1026 s.v. שְׁלִישִׁי). In that case the etymological connection of this word to the Hebrew numerical adjective for “three” can be explained as originating with a designation for the third warrior in a chariot.
52 tc The translation follows some LXX
53 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
54 tn Heb “and he went down to.”
