Discovery Box2 Samuel 10:9 
Context10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. 1
2 Samuel 12:16
Context12:16 Then David prayed to 2 God for the child and fasted. 3 He would even 4 go and spend the night lying on the ground.
2 Samuel 15:3
Context15:3 Absalom would then say to him, “Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. 5 But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.”
2 Samuel 17:6
Context17:6 So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?”
2 Samuel 20:18
Context20:18 She said, “In the past they would always say, ‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.
2 Samuel 23:15
Context23:15 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!”
1 tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”
2 tn Heb “sought” or “searched for.”
3 tn Heb “and David fasted.”
4 tn The three Hebrew verbs that follow in this verse are perfects with prefixed vav. They may describe repeated past actions or actions which accompanied David’s praying and fasting.
5 tn Heb “good and straight.”
