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 2:22
Context2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. 4 How then could I show 5 my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”
2 Samuel 3:12-13
Context3:12 Then Abner sent messengers 6 to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement 7 with me, and I will do whatever I can 8 to cause all Israel to turn to you.” 3:13 So David said, “Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.” 9
2 Samuel 3:35
Context3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely 10 if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”
2 Samuel 3:39
Context3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! 11 May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!” 12
2 Samuel 5:19
Context5:19 So David asked the Lord, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to David, “March up, for I will indeed 13 hand the Philistines over to you.”
2 Samuel 7:7
Context7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say 14 to any of the leaders 15 whom I appointed to care for 16 my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’
2 Samuel 7:18
Context7:18 King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, 17 that you should have brought me to this point?
2 Samuel 13:4
Context13:4 He asked Amnon, 18 “Why are you, the king’s son, 19 so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.”
2 Samuel 13:13
Context13:13 How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools 20 in Israel! Just 21 speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
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! 22 The king may 23 listen and deliver his female servant 24 from the hand of the man who seeks to remove 25 both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’ 26
2 Samuel 15:8
Context15:8 For I made this vow 27 when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, 28 I will serve the Lord.’”
2 Samuel 15:36
Context15:36 Furthermore, their two sons are there with them, Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You must send them to me with any information you hear.” 29
2 Samuel 16:3
Context16:3 The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?” 30 Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem, 31 for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s 32 kingdom.’”
2 Samuel 18:27
Context18:27 The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz 33 son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”
2 Samuel 19:13
Context19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? 34 God will punish me severely, 35 if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
2 Samuel 24:17
Context24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.” 36
1 tn Heb “What was the word?”
2 tn Heb “from the people.”
3 tn Heb “fell and died.”
4 tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”
5 tn Heb “lift.”
6 tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”
7 tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.
8 tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”
9 tn The words “when you come to see my face,” though found in the Hebrew text, are somewhat redundant given the similar expression in the earlier part of the verse. The words are absent from the Syriac Peshitta.
10 tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”
11 tn Heb “are hard from me.”
12 tn Heb “May the
13 tn The infinitive absolute lends emphasis to the following verb.
14 tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.
15 tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”
16 tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).
17 tn Heb “house.”
18 tn Heb “and he said to him.”
19 tn An more idiomatic translation might be “Why are you of all people…?”
20 tn Heb “and you will be like one of the fools.”
21 tn Heb “Now.”
22 tn Or “for.”
23 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.
24 tn Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”
25 tn Heb “destroy.”
26 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.
27 tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.
28 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
29 tn Heb “and you must send by their hand to me every word which you hear.” Both of the second person verb forms are plural with Zadok, Abiathar, and Hushai being the understood subjects.
30 tn Heb “son.”
31 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
32 tn Heb “my father’s.”
33 tn Heb “I am seeing the running of the first one like the running of Ahimaaz.”
34 tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”
35 tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”
36 tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”
