2 Samuel 8:13

8:13 David became famous ¹  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ²  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ³  18,000 in all.

2 Samuel 14:21

14:21 Then the king said to Joab, “All right! I ⁴  will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!

2 Samuel 22:1

David Sings to the Lord

22:1 ⁵ David sang ⁶  to the Lord the words of this song when ⁷  the Lord rescued him from the power ⁸  of all his enemies, including Saul. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 24:11

24:11 When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken ¹⁰  to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

[8:13]  ¹ tn Heb “made a name.”

[8:13]  ² tn So NASB, NCV; NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “Edomites” (see the note on “Aram” in v. 12).

[8:13]  ³ tn The words “he defeated” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:21]  ⁴ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss have “you” rather than “I.”

[22:1]  ⁵ sn In this long song of thanks, David affirms that God is his faithful protector. He recalls in highly poetic fashion how God intervened in awesome power and delivered him from death. His experience demonstrates that God vindicates those who are blameless and remain loyal to him. True to his promises, God gives the king victory on the battlefield and enables him to subdue nations. A parallel version of the song appears in Ps 18.

[22:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “spoke.”

[22:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the day,” or “at the time.”

[22:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “hand.”

[22:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and from the hand of Saul.”

[24:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came.”