Discovery Box2 Samuel 5:18 
Context5:18 Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 6:14
Context6:14 Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord. 1
2 Samuel 6:23
Context6:23 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, had no children to the day of her death.
2 Samuel 13:21
Context13:21 Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry. 2
2 Samuel 14:1
Context14:1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see 3 Absalom.
2 Samuel 16:15
Context16:15 Now when Absalom and all the men 4 of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, 5 Ahithophel was with him.
1 tn Heb “and David was dancing with all his strength before the
2 tc The LXX and part of the Old Latin tradition include the following addition to v. 21, also included in some English versions (e.g., NAB, NRSV, CEV): “But he did not grieve the spirit of Amnon his son, because he loved him, since he was his firstborn.” Note David’s attitude toward his son Adonijah in 1 Kgs 1:6.
3 tn Heb “the heart of the king was upon.” The Syriac Peshitta adds the verb ’ethre’i (“was reconciled”).
4 tn Heb “and all the people, the men of Israel.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
