2 Samuel 1

² a. To show grief

⁹ b. agony

¹⁸ c. Lit. of the Upright

²¹ d. Lit. defiled

2 Samuel 2

⁸ a. Esh-Baal, 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39

¹¹ b. Lit. number of days

¹⁶ c. Heb. Helkath Hazzurim

²⁵ d. one band

²⁷ e. if you had not spoken

2 Samuel 3

³ a. Daniel, 1 Chr. 3:1

¹⁰ b. family

¹⁵ c. Palti, 1 Sam. 25:44

¹⁶ d. Lit. going and weeping

¹⁸ e. So with many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg.; MT he

²² f. booty

²⁷ g. Lit. struck

²⁸ h. innocent

²⁹ i. family

2 Samuel 4

¹ a. Ishbosheth

¹ b. Lit. his hands dropped

² c. considered part of

⁴ d. Merib-Baal, 1 Chr. 8:34; 9:40

⁶ e. Lit. struck

¹¹ f. Or bloodshed

¹¹ g. Lit. consume you

2 Samuel 5

⁹ a. Lit. The Landfill

¹⁴ b. Shimea, 1 Chr. 3:5

¹⁵ c. Elishama, 1 Chr. 3:6

²⁰ d. Lit. Master of Breakthroughs

²¹ e. idols

²⁵ f. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX Gibeon

2 Samuel 6

² a. Baalah, Kirjath Jearim, Josh. 15:9; 1 Chr. 13:6

² b. LXX, Tg., Vg. omit by the Name; many Heb. mss., Syr. there

³ c. LXX adds with the ark

⁶ d. held it

⁷ e. Or irreverence

⁸ f. Lit. Outburst Against Uzzah

¹⁴ g. whirled about

²⁰ h. openly

2 Samuel 7

⁹ a. destroyed

¹¹ b. declares to you

¹¹ c. Royal dynasty

¹⁴ d. strokes

¹⁶ e. LXX Me

²² f. Tg., Syr. O LORD God

2 Samuel 8

¹ a. Lit. struck

¹ b. Lit. The Bridle of the Mother City

⁴ c. seven thousand, 1 Chr. 18:4

⁸ d. Tibhath, 1 Chr. 18:8

⁸ e. Chun, 1 Chr. 18:8

⁹ f. Tou, 1 Chr. 18:9

¹⁰ g. Hadoram, 1 Chr. 18:10

¹⁰ h. Lit. ask him of his welfare

¹² i. LXX, Syr., Heb. mss. Edom

¹³ j. LXX, Syr., Heb. mss. Edomites and 1 Chr. 18:12

¹⁷ k. Shavsha, 1 Chr. 18:16

¹⁷ l. secretary

¹⁸ m. Lit. priests

2 Samuel 9

¹ a. covenant faithfulness

⁶ b. Or Merib-Baal

¹¹ c. LXX David’s table

2 Samuel 10

⁵ a. humiliated

¹⁶ b. Heb. Hadarezer

¹⁶ c. The Euphrates

¹⁶ d. Shophach, 1 Chr. 19:16

¹⁹ e. Heb. Hadarezer

2 Samuel 11

³ a. Bathshua, 1 Chr. 3:5

³ b. Ammiel, 1 Chr. 3:5

¹⁵ c. fiercest

²¹ d. Jerubbaal (Gideon), Judg. 6:32.

²⁵ e. Lit. be evil in your sight

²⁷ f. Lit. was evil in the eyes of

2 Samuel 12

⁵ a. deserves to die, lit. is a son of death

²² b. Heb. mss., Syr. God

²⁴ c. So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., a few Heb. mss., Syr., Tg. she

²⁵ d. Qr., some Heb. mss., Syr., Tg. she

²⁵ e. Lit. Beloved of the LORD

³⁰ f. plunder

2 Samuel 13

¹² a. Lit. humble me

¹⁵ b. with a very great hatred

²⁸ c. Lit. sons of valor

³⁴ d. LXX adds And the watchman went and told the king, and said, “I see men from the way of Horonaim, from the regions of the mountains.”

³⁹ e. So with MT, Syr., Vg.; LXX the spirit of the king; Tg. the soul of King David

³⁹ f. So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. ceased to pursue after

2 Samuel 14

⁴ a. Many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. came

⁹ b. guilt

¹⁴ c. cast out

²² d. Lit. blessed

2 Samuel 15

² a. Lit. controversy

³ b. Lit. words

³ c. Lit. listener

⁷ d. LXX mss., Syr., Josephus four

¹³ e. Lit. after

¹⁸ f. Lit. by his hand

²⁷ g. prophet

2 Samuel 16

⁷ a. Lit. man of bloodshed

⁷ b. worthless man

⁸ c. Lit. man of bloodshed

¹² d. So with Kt., LXX, Syr., Vg.; Qr. my eyes; Tg. tears of my eyes

¹³ e. Lit. dusted him with dust

2 Samuel 17

² a. tremble with fear

²³ b. Lit. gave charge concerning his house

²⁵ c. Jether, 1 Chr. 2:17

²⁵ d. So with MT, some LXX mss., Tg.; some LXX mss. Ishmaelite (cf. 1 Chr. 2:17); Vg. of Jezrael

2 Samuel 18

¹ a. Lit. attended to

¹² b. Vss. ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me!’

¹⁸ c. monument

¹⁹ d. vindicated

²² e. Lit. be what may

²⁷ f. Lit. I see the running

²⁸ g. Peace be to you

2 Samuel 19

³ a. went by stealth

⁶ b. have no respect for

⁷ c. Lit. to the heart of

¹³ d. permanently

¹⁹ e. charge me with iniquity

²⁸ f. complain

⁴⁰ g. MT Chimhan

⁴³ h. harsher

2 Samuel 20

¹ a. Lit. man of Belial

¹⁴ b. Lit. him

²⁶ c. Or David’s priest

2 Samuel 21

¹ a. Lit. house of bloodshed

⁸ b. Merab, 1 Sam. 18:19; 25:44; 2 Sam. 3:14; 6:23

⁸ c. Lit. bore to Adriel

¹² d. Beth Shean, Josh. 17:11

¹⁶ e. Or Rapha

¹⁸ f. Sippai, 1 Chr. 20:4

¹⁸ g. Or Rapha

¹⁹ h. Jair, 1 Chr. 20:5

²⁰ i. Or Rapha

²¹ j. Shammah, 1 Sam. 16:9 and elsewhere

²² k. Or Rapha

2 Samuel 22

³ a. Strength

⁵ b. Or overwhelmed

⁸ c. So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Syr., Vg. hills (cf. Ps. 18:7)

¹¹ d. So with MT, LXX; many Heb. mss., Syr., Vg. flew (cf. Ps. 18:10); Tg. spoke with power

²⁵ e. rewarded

²⁵ f. LXX, Syr., Vg. the cleanness of my hands in His sight (cf. Ps. 18:24); Tg. my cleanness before His word

²⁸ g. afflicted

³³ h. DSS, LXX, Syr., Vg. It is God who arms me with strength (cf. Ps. 18:32); Tg. It is God who sustains me with strength

³³ i. So with Qr., LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. (cf. Ps. 18:32); Kt. His

³⁴ j. So with Qr., LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. (cf. Ps. 18:33); Kt. His

³⁵ k. Lit. for the war

⁴⁰ l. Lit. caused to bow down

⁴¹ m. given me victory over

⁴³ n. scattered

⁴⁴ o. contentions

⁴⁶ p. So with LXX, Tg., Vg. (cf. Ps. 18:45); MT gird themselves

2 Samuel 23

⁷ a. Lit. filled

⁸ b. Lit. One Who Sits in the Seat (1 Chr. 11:11)

⁸ c. So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. the three

⁹ d. Dodai, 1 Chr. 27:4

¹⁸ e. So with MT, LXX, Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. thirty; Tg. the mighty men

²⁰ f. Lit. great of acts

²¹ g. Lit. a man of appearance

³³ h. Or Ararite

³⁵ i. Hezro, 1 Chr. 11:37

2 Samuel 24

¹ a. take a census of

⁴ b. overruled

¹³ c. So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX three (cf. 1 Chr. 21:12)

¹⁶ d. Or Angel

¹⁶ e. Ornan, 1 Chr. 21:15