Discovery Box2 Samuel 8:2 
Context8:2 He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. 1 The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. 2
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. 3 It used to 4 eat his food, 5 drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. 6 It was just like a daughter to him.
2 Samuel 15:2
Context15:2 Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, 7 am from one of the tribes of Israel.”
1 tn Heb “and he measured [with] two [lengths] of rope to put to death and [with] the fullness of the rope to keep alive.”
2 tn Heb “and the Moabites were servants of David, carriers of tribute.”
3 tn Heb “his sons.”
4 tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.
5 tn Heb “from his morsel.”
6 tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”
