2 Samuel 3:13

3:13 So David said, “Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 10:5

10:5 Messengers ²  told David what had happened, ³  so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁴  until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”

2 Samuel 10:11

10:11 Joab ⁵  said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, ⁶  you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, ⁷  I will come to your rescue.

2 Samuel 11:15

11:15 In the letter he wrote: “Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”

2 Samuel 14:20

14:20 Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.” ⁸ 

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ⁹  God will punish me severely, ¹⁰  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

[3:13]  ¹ tn The words “when you come to see my face,” though found in the Hebrew text, are somewhat redundant given the similar expression in the earlier part of the verse. The words are absent from the Syriac Peshitta.

[10:5]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:5]  ³ tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:5]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”

[10:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”

[14:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “to know all that is in the land.”

[19:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”