2 Samuel 3:25
Context3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return 1 and to discover everything that you are doing!”
2 Samuel 4:9
Context4:9 David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity,
2 Samuel 15:6
Context15:6 Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty 2 of the citizens 3 of Israel.
2 Samuel 16:23
Context16:23 In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. 4 Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel. 5
2 Samuel 18:8
Context18:8 The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.
1 tn Heb “your going out and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. It specifically mentions the polar extremities of the actions but includes all activity in between the extremities as well, thus encompassing the entirety of one’s activities.
2 tn Heb “stole the heart.”
3 tn Heb “the men.”
4 tn Heb “And the advice of Ahithophel which he advised in those days was as when one inquires of the word of God.”
5 tn Heb “So was all the advice of Ahithophel, also to David, also to Absalom.”