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 19:22

19:22 But David said, “What do we have in common, ³  you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t you realize that today I am king over Israel?”

2 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We ⁴  have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, ⁵  nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, ⁶  “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

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

[13:13]  ² tn Heb “Now.”

[19:22]  ³ tn Heb “what to me and to you.”

[21:4]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

[21:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[21:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.