Discovery Box2 Samuel 9:2 
Context9:2 Now there was a servant from Saul’s house named Ziba, so he was summoned to David. The king asked him, “Are you Ziba?” He replied, “At your service.” 1
2 Samuel 9:9
Context9:9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, “Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson.
2 Samuel 10:5
Context10:5 Messengers 2 told David what had happened, 3 so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho 4 until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”
2 Samuel 14:33
Context14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king 5 summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom 6 bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. 7
1 tn Heb “your servant.”
2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
5 tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
