Discovery Box2 Samuel 11:11 
Context11:11 Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations 1 with my wife? As surely as you are alive, 2 I will not do this thing!”
2 Samuel 13:5
Context13:5 Jonadab replied to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. 3 When your father comes in to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.’”
2 Samuel 16:2
Context16:2 The king asked Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” 4 Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread 5 and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.” 6
2 Samuel 16:21
Context16:21 Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Have sex with 7 your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.” 8
2 Samuel 17:20
Context17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men 9 searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. 10
2 Samuel 18:3
Context18:3 But the soldiers replied, 11 “You should not do this! 12 For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. 13 Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you 14 are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”
2 Samuel 19:42
Context19:42 All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king’s expense? 15 Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?”
1 tn Heb “and lay.”
2 tn Heb “as you live and as your soul lives.”
3 tn This verb is used in the Hitpael stem only in this chapter of the Hebrew Bible. With the exception of v. 2 it describes not a real sickness but one pretended in order to entrap Tamar. The Hitpael sometimes, as here, describes the subject making oneself appear to be of a certain character. On this use of the stem, see GKC 149-50 §54.e.
4 tn Heb “What are these to you?”
5 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
6 tn The Hebrew text adds “to drink.”
7 tn Heb “go to”; NAB “have (+ sexual NCV) relations with”; TEV “have intercourse with”; NLT “Go and sleep with.”
8 tn Heb “and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
9 tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
11 tn Heb “the people said.”
12 tn Heb “march out.”
13 tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”
14 tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).
15 tn Heb “from the king.”
