2 Samuel 12:13

12:13 Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven ¹  your sin. You are not going to die.

2 Samuel 12:21

12:21 His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While ²  the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”

2 Samuel 13:2

13:2 But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick ³  over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 13:9

13:9 But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, “Get everyone out of here!” ⁴  So everyone left. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 17:19

17:19 His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.

[12:13]  ¹ tn Heb “removed.”

[12:21]  ² tc For the MT בַּעֲבוּר (ba’avur, “for the sake of”) we should probably read בְּעוֹד (bÿ’od, “while”). See the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targum.

[13:2]  ³ tn Heb “and there was distress to Amnon so that he made himself sick.”

[13:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “from upon me.”

[13:9]  ⁵ tc A few medieval Hebrew mss have “and they removed everyone” (Hiphil preterite with vav consecutive 3cp, rather than Qal preterite with vav consecutive 3cp).