2 Samuel Notes
2 Samuel 2
a 2:8 Called Esh-Baal in 1 Chronicles 8:33 and 9:39
b 2:16 Hebrew Helkath Hazzurim
2 Samuel 3
a 3:15 Spelled Palti in 1 Samuel 25:44
b 3:18 Following many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, and Targum; Masoretic Text reads he.
2 Samuel 4
a 4:1 That is, Ishbosheth
b 4:4 Called Merib-Baal in 1 Chronicles 8:34 and 9:40
2 Samuel 5
a 5:8 Compare 1 Chronicles 11:6
b 5:9 Literally The Landfill
c 5:14 Spelled Shimea in 1 Chronicles 3:5
d 5:15 Spelled Elishama in 1 Chronicles 3:6
e 5:20 Literally Master of Breakthroughs
f 5:25 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads Gibeon.
2 Samuel 6
a 6:2 Septuagint, Targum, and Vulgate omit by the Name; many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac read there.
b 6:3 Septuagint adds with the ark.
c 6:8 Literally Outburst Against Uzzah
2 Samuel 7
a 7:11 That is, a royal dynasty
b 7:16 Septuagint reads Me.
c 7:22 Targum and Syriac read O LORD God.
2 Samuel 8
a 8:4 Or seven thousand (compare 1 Chronicles 18:4)
b 8:8 Spelled Tibhath in 1 Chronicles 18:8
c 8:9 Spelled Tou in 1 Chronicles 18:9
d 8:10 Spelled Hadoram in 1 Chronicles 18:10
e 8:12 Septuagint, Syriac, and some Hebrew manuscripts read Edom.
f 8:13 Septuagint, Syriac, and some Hebrew manuscripts read Edomites (compare 1 Chronicles 18:12).
g 8:17 Spelled Shavsha in 1 Chronicles 18:16
2 Samuel 9
a 9:11 Septuagint reads David’s table.
2 Samuel 10
2 Samuel 11
a 11:21 Same as Jerubbaal (Gideon), Judges 6:32
2 Samuel 12
a 12:22 A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac read God.
b 12:24 Following Kethib, Septuagint, and Vulgate; Qere, a few Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, and Targum read she.
c 12:25 Qere, some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, and Targum read she.
d 12:25 Literally Beloved of the LORD
2 Samuel 13
a 13:34 Septuagint 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.”
b 13:39 Following Masoretic Text, Syriac, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads the spirit of the king; Targum reads the soul of King David.
c 13:39 Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint and Vulgate read ceased to pursue after.
2 Samuel 14
a 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read came.
2 Samuel 15
a 15:7 Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac, and Josephus read four.
2 Samuel 16
a 16:12 Following Kethib, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; Qere reads my eyes; Targum reads tears of my eyes.
2 Samuel 17
a 17:25 Spelled Jether in 1 Chronicles 2:17 and elsewhere
b 17:25 Following Masoretic Text, some manuscripts of the Septuagint, and Targum; some manuscripts of the Septuagint read Ishmaelite (compare 1 Chronicles 2:17); Vulgate reads of Jezrael.
2 Samuel 18
a 18:12 The ancient versions read ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me!’
2 Samuel 19
a 19:40 Masoretic Text reads Chimhan.
2 Samuel 20
2 Samuel 21
a 21:8 Or Merab (compare 1 Samuel 18:19 and 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:14 and 6:23)
b 21:12 Spelled Beth Shean in Joshua 17:11 and elsewhere
c 21:18 Spelled Sippai in 1 Chronicles 20:4
d 21:19 Spelled Jair in 1 Chronicles 20:5
e 21:21 Spelled Shammah in 1 Samuel 16:9 and elsewhere
2 Samuel 22
b 22:8 Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Targum; Syriac and Vulgate read hills (compare Psalm 18:7).
c 22:11 Following Masoretic Text and Septuagint; many Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, and Vulgate read He flew (compare Psalm 18:10); Targum reads He spoke with power.
d 22:25 Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read the cleanness of my hands in His sight (compare Psalm 18:24); Targum reads my cleanness before His word.
e 22:33 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read It is God who arms me with strength (compare Psalm 18:32); Targum reads It is God who sustains me with strength.
f 22:33 Following Qere, Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate (compare Psalm 18:32); Kethib reads His.
g 22:34 Following Qere, Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate (compare Psalm 18:33); Kethib reads His.
h 22:46 Following Septuagint, Targum, and Vulgate (compare Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text reads gird themselves.
2 Samuel 23
a 23:8 Literally One Who Sits in the Seat (compare 1 Chronicles 11:11)
b 23:8 Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint and Vulgate read the three.
c 23:9 Spelled Dodai in 1 Chronicles 27:4
d 23:18 Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Vulgate; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac read thirty; Targum reads the mighty men.
e 23:35 Spelled Hezro in 1 Chronicles 11:37
2 Samuel 24
a 24:13 Following Masoretic Text, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads three (compare 1 Chronicles 21:12).
b 24:16 Or Angel
c 24:16 Spelled Ornan in 1 Chronicles 21:15