2 Samuel 3:18

3:18 Act now! For the Lord has said to David, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save ¹  my people Israel from ²  the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”

2 Samuel 8:2

8:2 He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. ³  The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 10:2

10:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ⁵  to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal ⁶  to me.” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. ⁷  When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites,

2 Samuel 13:20

13:20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” ⁸  Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:17

14:17 So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!’”

2 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We ⁹  have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, ¹⁰  nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, ¹¹  “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

2 Samuel 23:9

23:9 Next in command ¹²  was Eleazar son of Dodo, ¹³  the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated, ¹⁴ 

2 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When the angel ¹⁵  extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. ¹⁶  He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” ¹⁷  (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

[3:18]  ¹ tc The present translation follows the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading “I will save,” rather than the MT “he saved.” The context calls for the 1st person common singular imperfect of the verb rather than the 3rd person masculine singular perfect.

[3:18]  ² tn Heb “from the hand of.”

[8:2]  ³ tn Heb “and he measured [with] two [lengths] of rope to put to death and [with] the fullness of the rope to keep alive.”

[8:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the Moabites were servants of David, carriers of tribute.”

[10:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[10:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[10:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”

[13:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “Don’t set your heart to this thing!”

[21:4]  ⁹ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

[21:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “house.”

[21:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:9]  ¹² tn Heb “after him.”

[23:9]  ¹³ tc This follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading דֹּדוֹ (dodo) rather than the Kethib of the MT דֹּדַי (dodai; cf. ASV, NIV, NLT). But see 1 Chr 27:4.

[23:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

[24:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “messenger.”

[24:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[24:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”