2 Samuel 17:13

17:13 If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!”

2 Samuel 17:16

17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, ¹  “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert ²  tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, ³  or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” ⁴ 

2 Samuel 18:28

18:28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “Greetings!” ⁵  He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, “May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated ⁶  the men who opposed ⁷  my lord the king!”

[17:16]  ¹ tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”

[17:16]  ² tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).

[17:16]  ³ tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”

[17:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “swallowed up.”

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “Peace.”

[18:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “delivered over.”

[18:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “lifted their hand against.”