2 Samuel 2:6

2:6 Now may the Lord show you true kindness! ¹  I also will reward you, ²  because you have done this deed.

2 Samuel 4:9

4:9 David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity,

2 Samuel 9:2

9:2 Now there was a servant from Saul’s house named Ziba, so he was summoned to David. The king asked him, “Are you Ziba?” He replied, “At your service.” ³ 

2 Samuel 12:19

12:19 When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he ⁴  realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” They replied, “Yes, he’s dead.”

2 Samuel 15:4

15:4 Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me ⁵  a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint ⁶  could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”

2 Samuel 18:19

David Learns of Absalom’s Death

18:19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies.” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 18:31

18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, ⁸  “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” ⁹ 

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.

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “loyalty and devotion.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “will do with you this good.”

[9:2]  ³ tn Heb “your servant.”

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

[15:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Who will make me?”

[15:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “a complaint and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[18:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “that the Lord has vindicated him from the hand of his enemies.”

[18:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”

[18:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “for the Lord has vindicated you today from the hand of all those rising against you.”

[19:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your servant.”

[19:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your servant.”