Discovery Box2 Samuel 3:12 
Context3:12 Then Abner sent messengers 1 to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement 2 with me, and I will do whatever I can 3 to cause all Israel to turn to you.”
2 Samuel 7:7
Context7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say 4 to any of the leaders 5 whom I appointed to care for 6 my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’
1 tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”
2 tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.
3 tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”
4 tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.
5 tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”
6 tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).
