2 Samuel 13:13

13:13 How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools ¹  in Israel! Just ²  speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

2 Samuel 14:2

14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning ³  and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 14:14

14:14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 14:22

14:22 Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked ⁶  the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your ⁷  servant!”

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ⁸  “You should not do this! ⁹  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ¹⁰  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ¹¹  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

2 Samuel 18:32

18:32 The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you ¹²  be like that young man!”

2 Samuel 19:37

19:37 Let me ¹³  return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

2 Samuel 23:17

23:17 and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! ¹⁴  It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” ¹⁵  So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ¹⁶ 

[13:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and you will be like one of the fools.”

[13:13]  ² tn Heb “Now.”

[14:2]  ³ tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

[14:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “these many days.”

[14:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “he devises plans for the one banished from him not to be banished.”

[14:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “blessed.”

[14:22]  ⁷ tc The present translation reads with the Qere “your” rather than the MT “his.”

[18:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ¹¹ tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).

[18:32]  ¹² tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”

[19:37]  ¹³ tn Heb “your servant.”

[23:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Far be it to me, O Lord, from doing this.”

[23:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[Is it not] the blood of the men who were going with their lives?”

[23:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”