2 Samuel 2:21

2:21 Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers ¹  and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

2 Samuel 5:24

5:24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army ²  of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 13:9

13:9 But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, “Get everyone out of here!” ³  So everyone left. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 19:24

19:24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, ⁵  came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely ⁶  returned, Mephibosheth ⁷  had not cared for his feet ⁸  nor trimmed ⁹  his mustache nor washed his clothes.

[2:21]  ¹ tn Heb “young men.” So also elsewhere.

[5:24]  ² tn Heb “camp” (so NAB).

[13:9]  ³ tn Heb “from upon me.”

[13:9]  ⁴ tc A few medieval Hebrew mss have “and they removed everyone” (Hiphil preterite with vav consecutive 3cp, rather than Qal preterite with vav consecutive 3cp).

[19:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “son.”

[19:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “in peace.” So also in v. 31.

[19:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “done his feet.”

[19:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “done.”