2 Samuel 2:23

2:23 But Asahel ¹  refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his ²  spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel ³  collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. ⁴  Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. ⁵ 

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 ⁶  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. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 17:20

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men ⁸  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 18:9

18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ¹⁰  mule, it ¹¹  went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ¹²  while the mule he had been riding kept going.

2 Samuel 20:10

20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ¹³  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ¹⁴  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ¹⁵  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

[2:23]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ² tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.

[2:23]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they stand.”

[14:2]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

[14:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “these many days.”

[17:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:20]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the.”

[18:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the donkey.”

[18:9]  ¹² tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”

[20:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”