2 Samuel 5:2

5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ¹  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

2 Samuel 11:11

11:11 Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations ²  with my wife? As surely as you are alive, ³  I will not do this thing!”

2 Samuel 17:8

17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. ⁴  Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ⁵  “You should not do this! ⁶  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ⁷  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ⁸  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

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?”

[5:2]  ¹ tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”

[11:11]  ² tn Heb “and lay.”

[11:11]  ³ tn Heb “as you live and as your soul lives.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ⁸ 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”).

[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.