Discovery Box2 Samuel 6:21 
Context6:21 David replied to Michal, “It was before the Lord! I was celebrating before the Lord, who chose me over your father and his entire family 1 and appointed me as leader over the Lord’s people Israel.
2 Samuel 7:29
Context7:29 Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty 2 so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!” 3
2 Samuel 12:3
Context12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. 4 It used to 5 eat his food, 6 drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. 7 It was just like a daughter to him.
1 tn Heb “all his house”; CEV “anyone else in your family.”
2 tn Heb “house” (again later in this verse). See the note on “dynastic house” in v. 27.
3 tn Or “permanently”; cf. NLT “it is an eternal blessing.”
4 tn Heb “his sons.”
5 tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.
6 tn Heb “from his morsel.”
7 tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”
