2 Samuel 5:12

5:12 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 10:12

10:12 Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!” ¹ 

2 Samuel 22:51

22:51 He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; ² 

he is faithful to his chosen ruler, ³ 

to David and to his descendants forever!”

2 Samuel 23:5

23:5 My dynasty is approved by God, ⁴ 

for he has made a perpetual covenant with me,

arranged in all its particulars and secured.

He always delivers me,

and brings all I desire to fruition. ⁵ 

[10:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and the Lord will do what is good in his eyes.”

[22:51]  ² tc The translation follows the Kethib and the ancient versions in reading מַגְדִּיל (magdil, “he magnifies”) rather than the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss of the MT which read מִגְדּוֹל (migdol, “tower”). See Ps 18:50.

[22:51]  ³ tn Heb “[the one who] does loyalty to his anointed one.”

[23:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “For not thus [is] my house with God?”

[23:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “for all my deliverance and every desire, surely does he not make [it] grow?”