2 Samuel 3:21

3:21 Abner said to David, “Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement ¹  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

2 Samuel 7:7

7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ²  to any of the leaders ³  whom I appointed to care for ⁴  my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 10:3

10:3 the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? ⁵  No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!” ⁶ 

2 Samuel 15:20

15:20 It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men ⁷  with you. May genuine loyal love ⁸  protect ⁹  you!”

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ¹⁰  “You should not do this! ¹¹  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ¹²  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ¹³  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

2 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab, “Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite.” But Joab said, “Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward.”

2 Samuel 20:6

20:6 Then David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure ¹⁴  fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”

[3:21]  ¹ tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[7:7]  ² tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

[7:7]  ³ tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

[7:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

[10:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[10:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “Is it not to explore the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it [that] David has sent his servants to you?”

[15:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “brothers,” but see v. 22.

[15:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “loyal love and truth.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[15:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “be with.”

[18:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ¹² tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ¹³ tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).

[20:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “find.” The perfect verbal form is unexpected with the preceding word “otherwise.” We should probably read instead the imperfect. Although it is possible to understand the perfect here as indicating that the feared result is thought of as already having taken place (cf. BDB 814 s.v. פֶּן 2), it is more likely that the perfect is simply the result of scribal error. In this context the imperfect would be more consistent with the following verb וְהִצִּיל (vÿhitsil, “and he will get away”).