Discovery Box2 Samuel 2:23 
Context2:23 But Asahel 1 refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his 2 spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel 3 collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. 4 Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. 5
2 Samuel 17:16
Context17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, 6 “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert 7 tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, 8 or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” 9
2 Samuel 20:12
Context20:12 Amasa was squirming in his own blood in the middle of the path, and this man had noticed that all the soldiers stopped. Having noticed that everyone who came across Amasa 10 stopped, the man 11 pulled him 12 away from the path and into the field and threw a garment over him.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and they stand.”
6 tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”
7 tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).
8 tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”
9 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
10 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man who spoke up in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “Amasa.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
