2 Samuel 3:25

3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return ¹  and to discover everything that you are doing!”

2 Samuel 3:36

3:36 All the people noticed this and it pleased them. ²  In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people.

2 Samuel 5:5

5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem ³  he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 8:12

8:12 including ⁴  Aram, ⁵  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from ⁶  King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

2 Samuel 9:6

9:6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. ⁷  David said, “Mephibosheth?” He replied, “Yes, at your service.” ⁸ 

2 Samuel 9:11

9:11 Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do.” So Mephibosheth was a regular guest ⁹  at David’s table, ¹⁰  just as though he were one of the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 10:16

10:16 Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from ¹¹  beyond the Euphrates River, ¹²  and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer’s army, led them. ¹³ 

2 Samuel 12:27

12:27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city. ¹⁴ 

2 Samuel 13:24

13:24 Then Absalom went to the king and said, “My shearers have begun their work. ¹⁵  Let the king and his servants go with me.”

2 Samuel 13:30

13:30 While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”

2 Samuel 13:33

13:33 Now don’t let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, ‘All the king’s sons are dead.’ It is only Amnon who is dead.”

2 Samuel 14:6

14:6 Your servant ¹⁶  has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.

2 Samuel 15:26

15:26 However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.” ¹⁷ 

2 Samuel 17:3

17:3 and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. ¹⁸  The entire army will return unharmed.” ¹⁹ 

2 Samuel 17:29

17:29 honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. ²⁰  For they said, “The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.” ²¹ 

2 Samuel 21:13

21:13 David ²²  brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed.

[3:25]  ¹ tn Heb “your going out and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. It specifically mentions the polar extremities of the actions but includes all activity in between the extremities as well, thus encompassing the entirety of one’s activities.

[3:36]  ² tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”

[5:5]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “from.”

[8:12]  ⁵ tc The present translation follows the MT; a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac read “Edom” (cf. 2 Sam 8:14 and 1 Chr 18:11). Many modern English versions read “Edom” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[8:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and from the plunder of.”

[9:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “he fell on his face and bowed down.”

[9:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “Look, your servant.”

[9:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “eating.”

[9:11]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “my table.” But the first person reference to David is awkward here since the quotation of David’s words has already been concluded in v. 10; nor does the “my” refer to Ziba, since the latter part of v. 11 does not seem to be part of Ziba’s response to the king. The ancient versions are not unanimous in the way that they render the phrase. The LXX has “the table of David” (τῆς τραπέζης Δαυιδ, th" trapezh" Dauid); the Syriac Peshitta has “the table of the king” (patureh demalka’); the Vulgate has “your table” (mensam tuam). The present translation follows the LXX.

[10:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and Hadadezer sent and brought out Aram which is.”

[10:16]  ¹² tn Heb “from beyond the River.” The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “was before them.”

[12:27]  ¹⁴ sn The expression translated the water supply of the city (Heb “the city of the waters”) apparently refers to that part of the fortified city that guarded the water supply of the entire city. Joab had already captured this part of the city, but he now defers to King David for the capture of the rest of the city. In this way the king will receive the credit for this achievement.

[13:24]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your servant has sheepshearers.” The phrase “your servant” also occurs at the end of the verse.

[14:6]  ¹⁶ tn Here and elsewhere (vv. 7, 12, 15a, 17, 19) the woman uses a term which suggests a lower level female servant. She uses the term to express her humility before the king. However, she uses a different term in vv. 15b-16. See the note at v. 15 for a discussion of the rhetorical purpose of this switch in terminology.

[15:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “as [is] good in his eyes.”

[17:3]  ¹⁸ tc Heb “like the returning of all, the man whom you are seeking.” The LXX reads differently: “And I will return all the people to you the way a bride returns to her husband, except for the life of the one man whom you are seeking.” The other early versions also struggled with this verse. Modern translations are divided as well: the NAB, NRSV, REB, and NLT follow the LXX, while the NASB and NIV follow the Hebrew text.

[17:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “all of the people will be safe.”

[17:29]  ²⁰ tn Heb “cheese of the herd,” probably referring to cheese from cow’s milk (rather than goat’s milk).

[17:29]  ²¹ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).

[21:13]  ²² tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.