Discovery Box2 Samuel 6:1 
Context6:1 David again assembled 1 all the best 2 men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.
2 Samuel 6:15
Context6:15 David and all Israel 3 were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets. 4
2 Samuel 12:29
Context12:29 So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.
2 Samuel 13:21
Context13:21 Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry. 5
2 Samuel 15:17
Context15:17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing 6 at a spot 7 some distance away.
2 Samuel 17:24
Context17:24 Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.
1 tn The translation understands the verb to be a defective spelling of וַיְּאֱסֹף (vayyÿ’esof) due to quiescence of the letter א (alef). The root therefore is אסף (’sf, “to gather”). The Masoretes, however, pointed the verb as וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef), understanding it to be a form of יָסַף (yasaf, “to add”). This does not fit the context, which calls for a verb of gathering.
2 tn Or “chosen.”
3 tc Heb “all the house of Israel.” A few medieval Hebrew
4 tn Heb “the shophar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).
5 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.
6 tn Heb “and they stood.”
7 tn Heb “house.”
