2 Samuel 7:5

7:5 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

2 Samuel 12:27

12:27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city. ¹ 

2 Samuel 14:24

14:24 But the king said, “Let him go over ²  to his own house. He may not see my face.” So Absalom went over ³  to his own house; he did not see the king’s face.

[12:27]  ¹ sn The expression translated the water supply of the city (Heb “the city of the waters”) apparently refers to that part of the fortified city that guarded the water supply of the entire city. Joab had already captured this part of the city, but he now defers to King David for the capture of the rest of the city. In this way the king will receive the credit for this achievement.

[14:24]  ² tn Heb “turn aside.”

[14:24]  ³ tn Heb “turned aside.”