2 Samuel 4:5

4:5 Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite – Recab and Baanah – went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest.

2 Samuel 5:7

5:7 But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).

2 Samuel 14:33

14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king ¹  summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom ²  bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. ³ 

2 Samuel 16:22

16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, ⁴  and Absalom had sex with ⁵  his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 23:23

23:23 He received honor from ⁶  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

[14:33]  ¹ tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.

[14:33]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:33]  ³ tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

[16:22]  ⁴ sn That is, on top of the flat roof of the palace, so it would be visible to the public.

[16:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “went to”; NAB “he visited his father’s concubines”; NIV “lay with his father’s concubines”; TEV “went in and had intercourse with.”

[23:23]  ⁶ tn Or “more than.”