2 Samuel 18:33

18:33 (19:1) ¹  The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, “My son, Absalom! My son, my son, ²  Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!” ³ 

2 Samuel 19:5

19:5 So Joab visited ⁴  the king at his home. He said, “Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.

2 Samuel 19:8

19:8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they ⁵  all came before him.

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

But the Israelite soldiers ⁶  had all fled to their own homes. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ⁸  God will punish me severely, ⁹  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 19:26

19:26 He replied, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I ¹⁰  said, ‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I ¹¹  am lame.

[18:33]  ¹ sn This marks the beginning of ch. 19 in the Hebrew text. Beginning with 18:33, the verse numbers through 19:43 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 18:33 ET = 19:1 HT, 19:1 ET = 19:2 HT, 19:2 ET = 19:3 HT, etc., through 19:43 ET = 19:44 HT. From 20:1 the versification in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible is again the same.

[18:33]  ² tc One medieval Hebrew ms, some mss of the LXX, and the Vulgate lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

[18:33]  ³ tc The Lucianic Greek recension and Syriac Peshitta lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

[19:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “came to.”

[19:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the people.”

[19:8]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).

[19:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”

[19:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

[19:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your servant.”

[19:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your servant.”