Discovery Box2 Samuel 12:3 
Context12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. 1 It used to 2 eat his food, 3 drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. 4 It was just like a daughter to him.
2 Samuel 14:26
Context14:26 When he would shave his head – at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long 5 and he would shave it – he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds 6 according to the king’s weight.
2 Samuel 23:10
Context23:10 he stood his ground 7 and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it 8 seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.
1 tn Heb “his sons.”
2 tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.
3 tn Heb “from his morsel.”
4 tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”
5 tn Heb “for it was heavy upon him.”
6 tn Heb “two hundred shekels.” The modern equivalent would be about three pounds (1.4 kg).
7 tn Heb “arose.”
8 tn Heb “his hand.”
