2 Samuel 2:5

2:5 So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them, “May you be blessed by the Lord because you have shown this kindness ¹  to your lord Saul by burying him.

2 Samuel 3:14

3:14 David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: ²  “Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired ³  for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

2 Samuel 15:10

15:10 Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, “When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume ⁴  that Absalom rules in Hebron.”

[2:5]  ¹ tn Or “loyalty.”

[3:14]  ² tn Heb “to Ish-bosheth son of Saul saying.” To avoid excessive sibilance (especially when read aloud) the translation renders “saying” as “with this demand.”

[3:14]  ³ tn Heb “whom I betrothed to myself.”

[15:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “say.”