Discovery Box2 Samuel 4:10 
Context4:10 when someone told me that Saul was dead – even though he thought he was bringing good news 1 – I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!
2 Samuel 9:1
Context9:1 2 Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family 3 of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”
2 Samuel 18:11
Context18:11 Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, “What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? 4 I would have given you ten pieces of silver 5 and a commemorative belt!” 6
1 tn Heb “and he was like a bearer of good news in his eyes.”
2 sn 2 Samuel 9–20 is known as the Succession Narrative. It is a literary unit that describes David’s efforts at consolidating his own kingdom following the demise of King Saul; it also provides the transition to subsequent leadership on the part of David’s successor Solomon.
3 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn Heb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”
5 tn Heb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.
6 tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”
