Discovery Box2 Samuel 5:23 
Context5:23 So David asked the Lord what he should do. 1 This time 2 the Lord 3 said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees. 4
2 Samuel 7:6
Context7:6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. 5
2 Samuel 7:11
Context7:11 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief 6 from all your enemies. The Lord declares 7 to you that he himself 8 will build a dynastic house 9 for you.
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 10 pressed 11 him, the king 12 was not willing to go. Instead, David 13 blessed him.
2 Samuel 14:14
Context14:14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. 14
1 tn The words “what to do” are not in the Hebrew text.
2 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
4 tn Some translate as “balsam trees” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NJB, NLT); cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV “mulberry trees”; NAB “mastic trees”; NEB, REB “aspens.” The exact identification of the type of tree or plant is uncertain.
5 tn Heb “in a tent and in a dwelling.” The expression is a hendiadys, using two terms to express one idea.
6 tn Or “rest.”
7 tn In the Hebrew text the verb is apparently perfect with vav consecutive, which would normally suggest a future sense (“he will declare”; so the LXX, ἀπαγγελεῖ [apangelei]). But the context seems instead to call for a present or past nuance (“he declares” or “he has declared”). The synoptic passage in 1 Chr 17:10 has וָאַגִּד (va’aggid, “and I declared”). The construction used in 2 Sam 7:11 highlights this important statement.
8 tn Heb “the
9 tn Heb “house,” but used here in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. Here the
10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 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).
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “he devises plans for the one banished from him not to be banished.”
