2 Samuel 2:6

2:6 Now may the Lord show you true kindness! ¹  I also will reward you, ²  because you have done this deed.

2 Samuel 5:4

5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.

2 Samuel 7:9

7:9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated ³  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 11:19

11:19 He instructed the messenger as follows: “When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

2 Samuel 13:37

13:37 But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David ⁵  grieved over his son every day.

2 Samuel 18:31

18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, ⁶  “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 24:15

24:15 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba.

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “loyalty and devotion.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “will do with you this good.”

[7:9]  ³ tn Heb “cut off.”

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”

[13:37]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text leaves the word “David” to be inferred. The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate add the word “David.” Most of the Greek tradition includes the words “King David” here.

[18:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”

[18:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “for the Lord has vindicated you today from the hand of all those rising against you.”