Discovery Box2 Samuel 14:2 
Context14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning 1 and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. 2
2 Samuel 19:7
Context19:7 So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to 3 your servants. For I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”
2 Samuel 21:9
Context21:9 He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the Lord. The seven of them 4 died 5 together; they were put to death during harvest time – during the first days of the beginning 6 of the barley harvest.
1 tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.
2 tn Heb “these many days.”
3 tn Heb “and speak to the heart of.”
4 tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “fell.”
6 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
