2 Samuel 1:2

1:2 On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. ¹  When he approached David, the man ²  threw himself to the ground. ³ 

2 Samuel 10:9

10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 11:15

11:15 In the letter he wrote: “Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”

2 Samuel 12:22

12:22 He replied, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, ⁵  ‘Perhaps ⁶  the Lord will show pity and the child will live.

2 Samuel 13:2

13:2 But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick ⁷  over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

[1:2]  ¹ sn Tearing one’s clothing and throwing dirt on one’s head were outward expressions of grief in the ancient Near East, where such demonstrable reactions were a common response to tragic news.

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man mentioned at the beginning of v. 2) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion as to who fell to the ground.

[1:2]  ³ tn Heb “he fell to the ground and did obeisance.”

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

[12:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “said.”

[12:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “Who knows?”

[13:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there was distress to Amnon so that he made himself sick.”