2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ¹  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ²  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ³ 

2 Samuel 17:16

17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, ⁴  “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert ⁵  tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, ⁶  or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 19:8

19:8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they ⁸  all came before him.

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

But the Israelite soldiers ⁹  had all fled to their own homes. ¹⁰ 

[12:31]  ¹ tn Heb “brought out.”

[12:31]  ² tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[12:31]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”

[17:16]  ⁵ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).

[17:16]  ⁶ tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”

[17:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “swallowed up.”

[19:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the people.”

[19:8]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).

[19:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”