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 5:6
Context5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem 6 against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites 7 said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”
2 Samuel 17:9
Context17:9 At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, 8 whoever hears about it will say, ‘Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’
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 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn The Hebrew text has “he” rather than “the Jebusites.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In the Syriac Peshitta and some
8 tn Heb “that he falls on them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] at the first [encounter]; or “that some of them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] fall at the first [encounter].”
