2 Samuel 10:3

10:3 the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? ¹  No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!” ² 

2 Samuel 13:28

13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk ³  and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” ⁴ 

2 Samuel 24:21

24:21 Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”

[10:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[10:3]  ² tn Heb “Is it not to explore the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it [that] David has sent his servants to you?”

[13:28]  ³ tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”

[13:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”