2 Samuel 3:36

3:36 All the people noticed this and it pleased them. ¹  In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people.

2 Samuel 9:8

9:8 Then Mephibosheth ²  bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?” ³ 

2 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you ⁴  reaches me.”

2 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

2 Samuel 19:34

19:34 Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

2 Samuel 24:11

24:11 When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken ⁵  to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

[3:36]  ¹ tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”

[9:8]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”

[15:28]  ⁴ tn The pronoun is plural, referring to Zadok and Abiathar.

[24:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came.”