2 Samuel 11:11

11:11 Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations ¹  with my wife? As surely as you are alive, ²  I will not do this thing!”

2 Samuel 12:3

12:3 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 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ⁷  “Come on! ⁸  Let’s escape! ⁹  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ¹⁰  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 17:20

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men ¹²  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ¹³ 

2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ¹⁴  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

[11:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and lay.”

[11:11]  ² tn Heb “as you live and as your soul lives.”

[12:3]  ³ tn Heb “his sons.”

[12:3]  ⁴ tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.

[12:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “from his morsel.”

[12:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”

[15:14]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[17:20]  ¹² tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:20]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”