2 Samuel 4:11
Context4:11 Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept 1 in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove 2 you from the earth?”
2 Samuel 15:19
Context15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new 3 king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. 4
2 Samuel 23:21
Context23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. 5 The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked 6 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
1 tn Heb “on his bed.”
2 tn See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער. Some derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to burn; to consume.”
3 tn The word “new” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to make it clear that David refers to Absalom, not himself.
4 tn Heb “place.”
5 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
6 tn Heb “and he went down to.”