Discovery Box2 Samuel 3:39 
Context3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! 1 May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!” 2
2 Samuel 13:25
Context13:25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom 3 pressed 4 him, the king 5 was not willing to go. Instead, David 6 blessed him.
2 Samuel 19:14
Context19:14 He 7 won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, “Return, you and all your servants as well.”
1 tn Heb “are hard from me.”
2 tn Heb “May the
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tc Here and in v. 27 the translation follows 4QSama ויצפר (vayyitspar, “and he pressed”) rather than the MT וַיִּפְרָץ (vayyiprats, “and he broke through”). This emended reading seems also to underlie the translations of the LXX (καὶ ἐβιάσατο, kai ebiasato), the Syriac Peshitta (we’alseh), and Vulgate (cogeret eum).
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn The referent of “he” is not entirely clear: cf. NCV “David”; TEV “David’s words”; NRSV, NLT “Amasa.”
