Notes for 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1

aS 1Sa 26:10; 1Ch 10:13

bS Jos 22:8; S 1Sa 30:17

cS Ge 14:7; Nu 13:29

d2Sa 4:10

eS 1Sa 4:12; Job 2:12; Eze 27:30

fS 1Sa 20:41

gS Ge 37:7

hver 21; S 1Sa 28:4

iver 13; S 1Sa 15:2; S 27:8; 30:13, 17

jS Jdg 9:54

k2Ki 11:12

lS Ge 37:29; S Nu 14:6

mS ver 8; S 1Sa 14:48

nS 1Sa 12:3; S 26:9

o2Sa 4:12

p2Sa 4:10

qS Lev 20:9; Mt 27:24–25; Ac 18:6

rS Ge 50:10; S Eze 32:2

sver 26

tJos 10:13

u2Sa 23:8; Ps 29:1; 45:3

v2Sa 3:38

wMic 1:10

1 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.

xS Jos 13:3

y1Sa 31:8

zS 1Sa 18:6

aS ver 6

bS Ge 27:28; S Isa 18:4

cDt 11:17; 1Ki 8:35; 17:1; 18:1; 2Ch 6:26; Job 36:27; 38:28; Ps 65:10; 147:8; Isa 5:6; Jer 5:24; 14:4; Am 1:2

dJer 12:4; Eze 31:15

eIsa 21:5

fIsa 34:3, 7; 49:26

2 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings

gDt 32:42

hS Dt 28:49

iJdg 14:18

jS Jdg 5:30

kJer 22:18; 34:5

lver 17

mS 1Sa 20:42

nS 1Sa 18:1

oS 1Sa 2:4

2 Samuel 2

aS 1Sa 23:2, 11–12

bS Ge 13:18; S 23:19

cS 1Sa 25:43

dS 1Sa 25:42

eS 1Sa 27:2; 1Ch 12:22

fS Ge 13:18; 23:2; 37:14

gS 1Sa 30:31

hS 1Sa 2:35; 2Sa 5:3–5; 1Ch 12:23–40

iS Jdg 21:8; S 1Sa 11:1

jS Jdg 17:2; S 1Sa 23:21; 2Ti 1:16

kEx 34:6

lS Jos 1:6; S Jdg 5:21

mS 1Sa 14:50; S 2Sa 3:27

n2Sa 4:5; 1Ch 8:33; 9:39

oS Ge 32:2

pS Nu 32:26

qS Jos 19:24–31

r1Ch 12:29

s2Sa 5:5

tS Jos 9:3

u2Sa 8:16; 19:13; 1Ki 1:7; 1Ch 2:16; 11:6; 27:34

vS Jdg 3:21

w2Sa 3:1

1 2:16 Helkath Hazzurim means field of daggers or field of hostilities.

xS 1Sa 17:8

y2Sa 3:39; 16:10; 19:22

z2Sa 3:30; 10:7; 11:1; 14:1; 18:14; 20:8; 24:3; 1Ki 1:7; 2:5, 34

aS 1Sa 26:6

b2Sa 23:24; 1Ch 2:16; 11:26; 27:7

c1Ch 12:8; Pr 6:5; SS 2:9

d2Sa 3:27

e2Sa 3:27; 4:6

f2Sa 20:12

gS Dt 32:42; Jer 46:10, 14; Na 2:13; 3:15

h2Sa 18:16; 20:23

iS Jdg 3:27

jS Dt 3:17

kS Ge 32:2

2 2:29 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

lS Ge 49:29

2 Samuel 3

a1Ki 14:30

b2Sa 5:10

c2Sa 2:17; 22:44; Est 9:4

d2Sa 13:1

eS 1Sa 25:43

fS 1Sa 25:42

g2Sa 13:1, 28

h2Sa 13:37; 14:32; 15:8

i1Ki 1:5, 11; 2:13, 22

jS 1Sa 14:50

kS Ge 22:24; 2Sa 16:21–22; S 1Ki 1:3

l2Sa 21:8–11

mS 1Sa 17:43; 2Sa 9:8; 16:9; 2Ki 8:13

nS 1Sa 15:28

oS Jdg 20:1; 1Sa 25:28–31; 2Sa 24:2

pS Ge 43:5

qS 1Sa 18:27

rDt 24:1–4

s1Sa 25:44

t2Sa 16:5; 17:18

uS Jdg 11:11

vS 1Sa 9:16

w2Sa 8:6

x1Ch 12:2, 16, 29

y1Ch 12:39

z2Sa 5:3

a1Ki 11:37

b2Sa 2:8; 4:1; 1Ki 2:5, 32

cS Ex 21:14; S Jdg 3:21; S 2Sa 2:23

d2Sa 2:22

ever 37; Dt 21:9

fS Lev 20:9

g1Ki 2:31–33

hS Lev 15:2

1 3:29 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

iPs 30:11; 35:13; 69:11; Isa 20:2

jS Ge 37:34

kS Nu 14:1; Pr 24:17

lS Ge 50:10

mJob 36:8; Ps 2:3; 149:8; Isa 45:14; Na 3:10

nS Ru 1:17

oS 1Sa 31:13; 2Sa 12:17; Jer 16:7

pS ver 28

q2Sa 1:19

rS 2Sa 2:18

s2Sa 16:9; 18:11

tS Jdg 18:26

u1Ki 2:32; Ps 41:10; 101:8

2 Samuel 4

aS 2Sa 3:27

bS Jos 9:17

cNe 11:33

dS 1Sa 18:1

eS 1Sa 31:9

fS Lev 21:18

g2Sa 9:8, 12; 16:1–4; 19:24; 21:7–8; 1Ch 8:34; 9:40

hS 2Sa 2:8

iRu 2:7

jS 2Sa 2:23

kS Dt 3:17

l2Sa 20:21; 2Ki 10:7

m1Sa 24:4; 25:29

nS Nu 31:3

oS Ge 48:16; 1Ki 1:29

p2Sa 1:2–16

qS Ge 4:10; 9:5; Ps 9:12; 72:14

r2Sa 1:15

2 Samuel 5

a2Sa 19:43

bS Ge 29:14; 35:26

c1Sa 18:5, 13, 16

dS 1Sa 11:6

eS Ge 48:15; S 1Sa 16:1; 2Sa 7:7; Mt 2:6; Jn 21:16

fS 1Sa 12:12; S 13:14; S 2Sa 6:21

g2Sa 3:21

hS Dt 17:15; 2Sa 2:4

iS Ge 37:2; Lk 3:23

j1Ki 2:11; 1Ch 3:4

k1Ch 26:31

l2Sa 2:11; 1Ki 2:11; 1Ch 3:4

mS Jdg 1:8

nS Jos 15:8

oPs 76:2

p2Sa 6:12, 16; 1Ki 2:10; 8:1; Isa 29:1; Jer 21:13; 25:29

q2Ki 20:20; 2Ch 32:30

rMt 21:14

s1Ki 9:15, 24

1 5:8 Or are hated by David

t2Sa 3:1

2 5:9 Or the Millo

uPs 24:10

v2Sa 7:9

w1Ki 5:1, 18; 2Ch 2:3

xS Nu 24:7

yS Dt 17:17

z1Ch 3:5

aLk 3:31

b2Sa 23:14; 1Ch 11:16

cS Jos 15:8; S 17:15

dS Jdg 18:5; S 1Sa 23:2

eS Ge 38:29

fDt 7:5; Isa 46:2

3 5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.

gS Ex 14:24

hJdg 4:14

i2Sa 8:12; 21:15

jIsa 28:21

kS Jos 10:33

4 5:25 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 14:16); Hebrew Geba

2 Samuel 6

aS Jos 15:9

b1Sa 4:4; 7:1

cLev 24:16; Dt 28:10; Isa 63:14

dPs 99:1; 132:14

eS Ge 3:24; S Ex 25:22

fver 7; Nu 7:4–9; S 1Sa 6:7

1 6:2 That is, Kiriath Jearim (see 1 Chron. 13:6)

2 6:2 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate do not have the Name.

g2Sa 7:1

hS Ex 15:20

3 6:3, 4 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text cart 4and they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill

iEzr 3:10; Ne 12:27; Ps 150:5

jS Nu 4:15, 19–20

4 6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs

k1Ch 15:13–15

lS Ex 19:22; S 1Sa 5:6; 6:19; S 25:38

mPs 7:11

nS Ge 38:29

oS 1Sa 6:20

5 6:8 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.

p1Ch 15:18; 26:4–5

qS Ge 30:27; 39:5

r1Ki 8:1

s1Ki 8:5, 62; Ezr 6:17

tEx 19:6; S 1Sa 2:18

uS Ex 15:20

vS Jos 6:5

wPs 47:5; 98:6

xS 2Sa 5:7

yS 1Sa 18:27

z1Ki 8:6; 1Ch 15:1; 2Ch 1:4

aLev 1:1–17; 1Ki 8:62–64

b1Ki 8:22

cS Ex 39:43

dHos 3:1

eDt 26:13; Ne 8:10

fS 1Sa 19:24

g1Sa 13:14; S 15:28

h2Sa 5:2; 7:8; 1Ch 5:2; 17:7; Mic 5:2

2 Samuel 7

a2Sa 6:3

bver 11

c1Ch 22:18

d2Sa 12:1; 1Ki 1:8, 22; 1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29

e2Sa 5:11; 1Ki 3:1; 7:1, 2, 7; 9:1; 2Ch 8:1; Jer 22:14; Hag 1:4

fS Ex 26:1; Ps 132:3; Ac 7:45–46

gS 1Sa 10:7; Ps 132:1–5

h1Ki 8:19; 1Ch 22:8

i1Ki 5:3–5; 1Ch 28:3

jAc 7:45

kEx 40:18, 34; Jos 18:1

l1Ki 8:16

mDt 23:14

nS 2Sa 5:2

o1Ki 8:27; Isa 66:1

pLev 26:11–12

qS 1Sa 16:11; 1Ch 21:17; Ps 74:1; Am 7:15

rS 1Sa 2:7–8; S 9:16; S 16:1; S 2Sa 6:21

sPs 78:70–72; 2Co 6:18*

tS 1Sa 18:14; 2Sa 5:10

uPs 18:37–42

vS Ex 11:3

wS Ex 15:17; Isa 5:1–7

x2Ki 21:8; 2Ch 33:8

yPs 89:22–23

zPs 147:14; Isa 54:14; 60:18

aS Jdg 2:16; 1Sa 12:9–11

bver 1

c1Ki 2:24

d1Sa 25:28; Ps 89:35–37; S Mt 1:1; Lk 1:32–33; Ac 13:22–23; 2Ti 2:8

eS Ex 1:21; Isa 7:2

fS Ge 15:15; 1Ki 2:1; Ac 13:36

1 7:11 Traditionally judges

g1Ki 8:20; Ps 132:11–12; Jer 30:21; 33:15

h2Ch 23:3

iS Dt 12:5; 1Ki 6:12

jDt 16:11; 1Ki 5:5; 8:19, 29; 2Ki 21:4, 7

kver 16; S Ge 9:16; 2Sa 22:51; 1Ki 2:4, 45; 1Ch 22:10; 28:6; 2Ch 6:16; 7:18; 13:5; 21:7; Ps 89:3–4, 29, 35–37; Pr 25:5; Isa 9:7; 16:5; Jer 17:25; 33:17, 21; Da 7:27

lPs 2:7; 89:26; Jer 3:19; S Mt 3:17; Jn 1:49; 2Co 6:18*; Heb 1:5*; Rev 21:7

mS Dt 8:5; 1Ki 11:34; 1Ch 22:10; Heb 12:7

nPs 89:30–33; Pr 13:24

over 25; 1Ki 2:4; 6:12; 8:25; 9:5; 11:13, 32; 2Ki 19:34; 2Ch 6:16; 7:18; 21:7; Ps 89:24, 33; Jer 33:17

pS 1Sa 13:13; S 15:28; 16:14

qPs 89:36–37; S Lk 1:33

rPs 9:7; 93:2; 103:19

sS ver 13

2 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you

tS Ex 3:11

uIsa 55:8–9

vIsa 38:15

3 7:19 Or for the human race

wJn 21:17

xS 1Sa 16:7

yPs 48:1; 77:13; 86:10; Jer 10:6

zDt 3:24

aS Ex 9:14

bS Ex 8:10; S 20:4

cEx 10:2; S Jdg 6:13; Ps 44:1

dDt 4:32–38; S 33:29; S 1Sa 12:22

eS Nu 6:27

fDt 10:21

gDt 7:7–8; S 9:26

hDt 26:18

4 7:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 17:21; Hebrew wonders for your land and before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt, from the nations and their gods.

iEx 6:6–7; Ps 48:14

jS ver 15; S Nu 23:19; 2Ch 1:9

kS Ex 6:3; Ne 9:5; Ps 72:19; 96:8; Mt 6:9

lS 1Sa 25:28

mEx 34:6; Jn 17:17

nNu 6:23–27

2 Samuel 8

aPs 60:8; 87:4; 108:9

bHeb 11:32–33

cS Ge 19:37; S Nu 21:29

dS Jdg 3:15; S Isa 45:14

e2Sa 10:16, 19; 1Ki 11:23

fS 1Sa 14:47

gS Ge 2:14

hS Ge 49:6; Jos 11:9

1 8:3 Or his control along

iS Ge 14:15; 2Sa 10:6; 1Ki 11:24; 2Ki 8:7; 14:28

2 8:4 Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers

j1Ki 20:34

k2Sa 10:19

l2Sa 3:18

m1Ki 10:16; 14:26; 2Ki 11:10

nEze 47:16

o1Ki 8:65; 2Ki 14:28; 2Ch 8:4

3 8:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew Betah.

pLk 14:31–32

4 8:9 Hebrew Toi, a variant of Tou; also in verse 10

qver 12; 1Ki 7:51; 15:15; 1Ch 26:26; 2Ch 5:1

5 8:10 A variant of Hadoram

rS Nu 24:18

sver 2

t2Sa 10:14

uS 2Sa 5:25

vS Nu 24:20; S 1Sa 27:8

w2Sa 7:9

6 8:12 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram

x2Ki 14:7; 1Ch 18:12; Ps 60 Title

yNu 24:17–18; Ps 108:9; Isa 34:5; 63:1; Jer 49:7; Eze 25:12

7 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (that is, Arameans)

zS Ge 27:29, 37–40

aPs 144:10

b2Sa 22:44; Ps 18:43

cS Ge 18:19; 1Ki 11:38; 14:8; 15:11; 22:43; 2Ki 12:2; Job 29:14; Ps 5:12; 119:121; Heb 11:33

dS 2Sa 2:13

e2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 4:3

fIsa 36:3, 22

gS 1Sa 2:35; 2Sa 15:24, 29; 20:25; 1Ki 1:8; 4:4; 1Ch 6:8, 53; 16:39; 24:3; 27:17; 2Ch 31:10; Eze 40:46; 43:19; 44:15; 48:11

hMk 2:26

i1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 12:10; 19:2; 22:3; Isa 36:3; Jer 36:12

j2Sa 20:23; 23:20; 1Ki 1:8, 38; 2:25, 35, 46; 4:4

kS 1Sa 30:14

8 8:18 Or were chief officials (see Septuagint and Targum; see also 1 Chron. 18:17)

2 Samuel 9

aS 1Sa 20:14–17, 42; S 23:18

b2Sa 16:1–4; 19:17, 26, 29

c1Ch 8:34; 1Sa 20:14

dS Lev 21:18

e2Sa 17:27–29

fS Ge 37:7

gS 1Sa 20:14–15

hver 13; 2Sa 19:28; 21:7; 1Ki 2:7; 2Ki 25:29; Jer 52:33

iS 2Sa 4:4

jS 2Sa 3:8

k2Sa 16:3

lJob 36:7; Ps 113:8

mS 2Sa 4:4

1 9:11 Septuagint; Hebrew my

2 Samuel 10

aS 1Sa 11:1

bS Nu 21:32

cS Lev 19:27; Isa 7:20; 15:2; 50:6; 52:14; Jer 48:37; Eze 5:1

dIsa 20:4

eS Ge 34:30

fS 2Sa 8:5

gS Nu 13:21

hS 1Sa 14:47

iS Dt 3:14

jJdg 11:3–5

kS 2Sa 2:18

lS 1Sa 26:6

mS Dt 1:21; 31:6; S Eph 6:10

nS Jdg 10:15; Ne 4:14

o2Sa 8:12

p2Sa 8:6

1 10:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 19:18); Hebrew horsemen

q1Ki 11:25; 22:31; 2Ki 5:1

2 Samuel 11

a1Ki 20:22, 26

bS 2Sa 2:18

c1Ch 20:1

dS Dt 3:11

eS Dt 22:8; S Jos 2:8

fMt 5:28

g1Ch 3:5

h2Sa 23:34

i2Sa 23:39

jS Lev 20:10; Ps 51 Title; Jas 1:14–15

kDt 22:22

lS Lev 15:25–30

m1Ch 11:41

nS Ge 18:4

o2Sa 7:2

pS 1Sa 21:5

1 11:11 Or staying at Sukkoth

q1Ki 21:8

rver 14–17; 2Sa 12:9

s2Sa 12:12

tS Jdg 8:31

uJdg 9:50–54

2 11:21 Also known as Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon)

vDt 34:8

w2Sa 12:9; Ps 51:4–5

2 Samuel 12

aS 2Sa 7:2

bPs 51 Title

c2Sa 14:4

d1Ki 20:40

eS Ge 34:7

fRo 2:1

gS 1Sa 14:39

hEx 22:1

i2Sa 14:13; Da 4:22

jS 1Sa 2:35

k1Ki 20:42

lS 2Sa 9:7

mS Nu 15:31; S 1Sa 13:14

nS 2Sa 11:15

o1Ki 15:5

pPs 26:9; 51:14

q2Sa 13:28; 18:14–15; 1Ki 2:25

r2Sa 16:11

sDt 28:30; 2Sa 16:21–22

tS Dt 17:17

u2Sa 11:4–15

v2Sa 16:22

wS Ge 13:13; S 20:6; S Nu 22:34

xPs 32:1–5; 51:1, 9; 103:12; Isa 43:25; 44:22; Zec 3:4, 9

yPr 28:13; Jer 2:35; Mic 7:18–19

zLev 20:10; 24:17

aIsa 52:5; Ro 2:24

bS 1Sa 25:38

1 12:14 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text for the enemies of

cPs 5:7; 95:6

dS Ge 37:35; S 1Sa 1:7

2 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.

eS 2Sa 3:35; Da 6:18

fMt 6:17

gS Ge 41:14

hJdg 20:26

iJnh 3:9

jIsa 38:1–5

kGe 37:35

lS 1Sa 31:13; 2Sa 13:39; Job 7:10; 10:21

m1Ki 1:11

n1Ki 1:10; 1Ch 22:9; 28:5; Mt 1:6

oNe 13:26

pS Dt 3:11

3 12:25 Jedidiah means loved by the LORD.

qEst 8:15; Ps 21:3; 132:18

rS 1Sa 14:47

4 12:30 Or from Milkom’s (that is, Molek’s)

5 12:30 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

6 12:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

2 Samuel 13

a2Sa 3:2

b2Sa 14:27; 1Ch 3:9

cS 2Sa 3:3

dS 1Sa 16:9

eGe 45:1

fS Ge 39:12

gS Ge 38:16

hLev 20:17

iS Ge 34:7

jS Lev 18:9; S Dt 22:21, 23–24

kS Ge 34:2; Eze 22:11

lS Ge 37:23

mS Jos 7:6; Est 4:1; Da 9:3

1 13:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.

nS Ge 34:7

oGe 31:24

pLev 19:17–18; 1Jn 2:9–11

q1Sa 25:7

rS 2Sa 3:3

sS Ru 3:7

tS 2Sa 12:10

uS Nu 14:6

2 13:34 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.

vS 2Sa 3:3

w2Sa 14:13

xS 2Sa 12:19–23

2 Samuel 14

aS 2Sa 2:18

bNe 3:5; Jer 6:1; Am 1:1

c2Sa 20:16

dS Ru 3:3; S Isa 1:6

ever 19

1 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke

fNu 35:19

gMt 21:38

hDt 19:10–13

i1Sa 25:35

j1Sa 25:24

kMt 27:25

l1Sa 25:28

mS Nu 35:12, 21

nS Mt 10:30

oS 1Sa 14:45

pS 2Sa 12:7; 1Ki 20:40

q2Sa 13:38–39

rJob 14:11; Ps 58:7; Isa 19:5

sJob 10:8; 17:13; 30:23; Ps 22:15; Heb 9:27

tNu 35:15, 25–28

uS Ex 34:9; S 1Sa 26:19

vS 1Sa 29:9

w1Ki 3:9; Da 2:21

xver 3

y1Ki 3:12, 28; 10:23–24; Isa 28:6

z2Sa 18:13

aS Ge 47:7

b2Sa 18:9

c2Sa 18:18

2 14:26 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms

dS 2Sa 13:1

eS Ex 9:31

fS Jdg 15:5

gS 2Sa 3:3

h1Sa 20:8

iLk 15:20

2 Samuel 15

aS 2Sa 12:11

bS 1Sa 8:11

cS Ge 23:10; 2Sa 19:8

dPr 12:2

eJdg 9:29

fRo 16:18

gS 2Sa 3:3

1 15:7 Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty

hS Ge 28:20

2 15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.

i1Ki 1:34, 39; 2Ki 9:13

jver 31, 34; 2Sa 16:15, 23; 17:14; 23:34; 1Ch 27:33

kJob 19:14; Ps 41:9; 55:13; Jer 9:4

lJos 15:51

mPs 3:1

n1Ki 2:26; Ps 3 Title; 132:1

o2Sa 19:9

p2Sa 16:21–22; 20:3

qS 1Sa 30:14; 2Sa 20:7, 23; 1Ki 1:38, 44; 1Ch 18:17

r2Sa 18:2

sS Ge 31:15

tS 1Sa 22:2

u2Sa 2:6

vRu 1:16–17; Pr 17:17

3 15:20 Septuagint; Hebrew May kindness and faithfulness be with you

w1Sa 11:4; Job 2:12

x1Ki 2:37; 2Ki 23:12; 2Ch 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Jer 31:40; Jn 18:1

yS 2Sa 8:17; 19:11

zNu 4:15; S 10:33; 1Ki 2:26

aS 1Sa 22:20

bEx 15:13; S Lev 15:31; Ps 43:3; 46:4; 84:1; 132:7

cS Jdg 10:15; 2Sa 22:20

dS 1Sa 9:9

ever 36; 2Sa 17:17; 1Ki 1:42

f2Sa 17:16

gS Nu 25:6; S Ps 30:5

hEst 6:12

iS ver 12

jver 37; 2Sa 16:16; 17:5; 1Ki 4:16

kJos 16:2

lS Jos 7:6

m2Sa 19:35

n2Sa 16:19

o2Sa 17:14; Pr 11:14

p2Sa 17:15–16

q2Sa 18:19

rS ver 27; 2Sa 17:17; 1Ki 1:42

s1Ch 27:33

t2Sa 16:15

2 Samuel 16

a2Sa 9:1–13

bS 1Sa 25:18; 1Ch 12:40

c2Sa 17:27–29

d2Sa 9:9–10

eS 2Sa 9:2

fS 2Sa 4:4

gS 2Sa 3:16

h2Sa 19:16–23; 1Ki 2:8–9, 36, 44

iS Ex 22:28

j2Sa 19:28; 21:9

k2Sa 19:19; Ps 55:3

lS 1Sa 26:6

mS 2Sa 3:8

nS 2Sa 3:39; Lk 9:54

oS 2Sa 2:18; 19:22

pRo 9:20

q2Sa 12:11

rS Ge 45:5; 1Sa 26:19

sPs 4:1; 25:18

tDt 23:5; Ro 8:28

uPs 109:28

v2Sa 17:2

wS 2Sa 15:37

xS 2Sa 15:12

yS 2Sa 15:32

z2Sa 19:25

a2Sa 15:34

bS 2Sa 3:7; 12:11–12; S 15:16

c2Sa 17:14, 23

dS 2Sa 15:12

2 Samuel 17

a2Sa 16:14

1 17:1 Or Let me

b1Ki 22:31; Zec 13:7

cS 2Sa 15:32

dHos 13:8

e1Sa 16:18

fJer 41:9

g1Ch 12:8

2 17:9 Or When some of the men fall at the first attack

hJos 2:9, 11; Eze 21:15

i2Sa 23:8; 1Ch 11:11

jS Jdg 20:1

kS Ge 12:2; S Jos 11:4

lMic 1:6

mS 2Sa 16:23

nS 2Sa 15:12

oS 2Sa 15:34; Ne 4:15

pPs 9:16

q2Ch 10:8

r2Sa 15:28

s2Sa 15:35

tS 2Sa 15:27, 36

uJos 15:7; 18:16; 1Ki 1:9

vS 2Sa 3:16

wS Jos 2:6

xS Ex 1:19

3 17:20 Or “They passed by the sheep pen toward the water.”

y2Sa S 2Sa 16:23

z2Ki 20:1

aS Ge 32:2

b2Sa 19:13; 20:4, 9–12; 1Ki 2:5, 32; 1Ch 12:18

c1Ch 2:13–17

4 17:25 Hebrew Ithra, a variant of Jether

5 17:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 2:17); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Israelite

6 17:25 Hebrew Abigal, a variant of Abigail

dS 1Sa 11:1

eS Dt 3:11

f2Sa 9:4

g2Sa 19:31–39; 1Ki 2:7

h2Sa 19:31; Ezr 2:61

i1Ch 12:40

7 17:28 Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew lentils, and roasted grain

j2Sa 16:2; S Ro 12:13

2 Samuel 18

aS Jdg 7:16; 1Sa 11:11

bS 1Sa 26:6

c2Sa 15:19

dS 1Sa 18:7

e2Sa 21:17

1 18:3 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts care; for now there are ten thousand like us

fS Jos 17:15

g2Sa 14:26

hS 2Sa 3:39

i1Sa 18:4

2 18:11 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams

j2Sa 14:19–20

3 18:12 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms

4 18:12 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts may be translated Absalom, whoever you may be.

kS 2Sa 2:18

5 18:13 Or Otherwise, if I had acted treacherously toward him

lS 2Sa 12:10

mS 2Sa 2:28

nJos 7:26

oJos 8:29

pGe 14:17

qS Ge 50:5; S Nu 32:42

r2Sa 14:27

sS 2Sa 15:36

tJdg 11:36

uS 1Sa 14:16; S Jer 51:12

6 18:23 That is, the plain of the Jordan

v1Ki 1:42; Isa 52:7; 61:1

w2Ki 9:20

xJdg 5:31; S 1Sa 25:26

yEx 32:32

zS Ge 43:14; 2Sa 19:4

7 18:33 In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.

2 Samuel 19

1 In Hebrew texts 19:1–43 is numbered 19:2–44.

aPr 14:28

bS 2Sa 15:2

c2Sa 8:1–14

d2Sa 15:14

eS 2Sa 15:24

fS 2Sa 17:25

gS Ge 29:14

hS Ru 1:17

iS 2Sa 2:13

jS 1Sa 11:15

k2Sa 16:5–13

lS 2Sa 9:2

mS Ge 43:16

nS 2Sa 16:6–8

oS 1Sa 26:6

pS Ex 22:28

qS 1Sa 12:3; S 26:9

rS 2Sa 2:18; S 16:10

s1Sa 11:13

t1Ki 2:8, 42

uS 2Sa 4:4

v2Sa 16:17

wS Lev 21:18

xS 2Sa 9:2

yS 1Sa 29:9

zS 2Sa 16:8

aS 2Sa 9:7, 13

bS 2Sa 17:27–29; 1Ki 2:7

c1Sa 25:2

dPs 90:10

e2Ch 35:25; Ezr 2:65; Ecc 2:8; 12:1

f2Sa 15:33

gS Ge 49:29

hJer 41:17

iS Ge 47:7

jJdg 8:1; 12:1

kS 2Sa 5:1

2 Samuel 20

aS Ge 31:14

bS Ge 29:14; 1Ki 12:16

c1Sa 22:7–8

dS 2Sa 15:16

eS 2Sa 17:25

f2Sa 21:17

gS 1Sa 30:14; S 2Sa 15:18

1 20:6 Or and do us serious injury

hS Jos 9:3

iS 2Sa 2:18

jS Jdg 3:21

k1Ki 2:5

lS 2Sa 2:23

mNu 21:16

n1Ki 15:20; 2Ki 15:29

2 20:14 See Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew Berites.

oIsa 37:33; Jer 6:6; 32:24

p2Sa 14:2

qS Dt 2:26

rS 1Sa 26:19

sS 2Sa 4:8

tEcc 9:13

uS 2Sa 2:28; 8:16–18; 24:2

v1Ki 4:6; 5:14; 12:18; 2Ch 10:18

wS 2Sa 8:16

xS 1Sa 2:35; S 2Sa 8:17

3 20:24 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Kings 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram

4 20:26 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 23:38) Ithrite

2 Samuel 21

aS Ge 12:10; S Dt 32:24

bS Ex 32:11

cS Jos 9:15

dS 1Sa 26:19

eNu 35:33–34

fNu 25:4

gS 1Sa 10:24

h2Sa 4:4

iS 1Sa 18:3; S 2Sa 9:7

j2Sa 3:7

k1Sa 18:19

lS 2Sa 16:8

1 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal

mS Ru 1:22

nS Ge 40:19; S 1Sa 17:44

o1Sa 31:11–13

pS Jdg 21:8; S 1Sa 11:1

qS Jos 17:11

r1Sa 31:10

sS 1Sa 28:4

tJos 18:28

uJos 7:26

v2Sa 24:25

w1Ch 8:34

xS 2Sa 5:25

y2Sa 20:6

2 21:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms

z1Ki 11:36; 15:4; 2Ki 8:19; 2Ch 21:7; Ps 132:17

a2Sa 18:3

b1Ch 11:29; 27:11

cS 1Sa 17:4

dS 1Sa 17:7

3 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-Oregim.

4 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of.

eS 1Sa 17:10

fS 1Sa 16:9

2 Samuel 22

aS Ex 15:1

bS 1Sa 2:2

cPs 31:3; 91:2

dPs 144:2

eS Dt 23:15; S 32:37; Ps 14:6; 31:2; 59:16; 71:7; 91:2; 94:22; Pr 10:29; Isa 25:4; Jer 16:19; Joel 3:16

fS Ge 15:1

gS Dt 33:17; S Lk 1:69

hPs 9:9; 52:7

iPs 48:1; 96:4; 145:3

1 22:3 Or sovereign

2 22:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.

jPs 69:14–15; Jnh 2:3

kPs 116:3; Ac 2:24

lGe 35:3; S Jdg 2:15; 2Ch 15:4; Ps 4:1; 77:2; 120:1; Isa 26:16

mPs 34:6, 15; 116:4

nJdg 5:4; Ps 97:4

oS Ex 19:18; S Jdg 5:4; Ps 68:8; 77:18; Jer 10:10

pJob 9:6; 26:11; Ps 75:3

qPs 50:3; 97:3; Heb 12:29; S Rev 11:5

3 22:8 Hebrew; Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:7) mountains

rIsa 6:6; Eze 1:13; 10:2

sS Ex 19:9; Lev 16:2; S Dt 33:26; 1Ki 8:12; Job 26:9; Ps 104:3; Isa 19:1; Jer 4:13; Na 1:3

tS Ge 3:24; S Ex 25:22

uPs 104:3

vS Ex 19:9

4 22:11 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts appeared

wJob 37:3; Ps 77:18

5 22:12 Septuagint (see also Psalm 18:11); Hebrew massed

xS 1Sa 2:10

yS Dt 32:23

zPs 6:1; 50:8, 21; 106:9; Na 1:4

aS Ex 14:21; Isa 30:33; 40:24

bPs 144:7

cEx 2:10

dLk 1:71

ePs 23:4

fJob 36:16; Ps 31:8

gPs 118:5

hPs 22:8; Isa 42:1; Mt 12:18

iS 2Sa 15:26

jS 1Sa 26:23

kPs 26:6

lJob 17:9; 22:30; 42:7–8; Ps 24:4

mGe 18:19; Ps 128:1; Pr 8:32

nDt 6:4–9; Ps 119:30–32

oPs 119:102

pS Ge 6:9; Eph 1:4

qS 1Sa 26:23

6 22:25 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:24) to the cleanness of my hands

rMt 5:8

sLev 26:23–24

tS Ex 3:8; 1Sa 2:8–9; Ps 72:12–13

uPs 131:1; Pr 30:13; Da 4:31; Zep 3:11

vIsa 2:12, 17; 5:15; S Lk 1:51

wPs 27:1; Isa 2:5; Mic 7:8; Rev 21:23; 22:5

xS Dt 32:4; Mt 5:48

7 22:30 Or can run through a barricade

yPs 12:6; 119:140; Pr 30:5–6

zS Ge 15:1

aS 1Sa 2:2

bS 2Sa 7:22

cIsa 35:6; Hab 3:19

8 22:33 Dead Sea Scrolls, some Septuagint manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:32); Masoretic Text who is my strong refuge

dS Dt 32:13

ePs 144:1

fPs 7:12; 11:2; Zec 9:13

gEph 6:16

hPr 4:11

9 22:36 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text shield; / you stoop down to make

iPs 44:5; 110:6; Mal 4:3

jS Jos 10:24; S 1Ki 5:3

kS Ex 23:27

lIsa 1:15

mPs 50:22

nS 1Sa 14:37

o1Ki 20:10; 2Ki 13:7; Isa 41:2; Am 1:3

pPs 7:5; Isa 41:25; Mic 7:10; Zec 10:5

qIsa 5:25; 10:6; 22:5; Mic 7:10

rS Ex 11:3; S 2Sa 3:1

sDt 28:13

tS 2Sa 8:1–14; Isa 55:3–5

uPs 66:3; 81:15

vS Dt 33:29

wMic 7:17

xS Ex 15:2

10 22:46 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text they arm themselves

yDt 32:15; Ps 18:31; 89:26; 95:1

zS Nu 31:3

aPs 144:2

bPs 140:1, 4

cPs 27:6

dPs 9:11; 47:6; 68:4

eRo 15:9*

fPs 21:1; 144:9–10

g1Sa 16:13; Ps 89:20; Ac 13:23

hS 2Sa 7:13

iPs 89:24, 29

2 Samuel 23

aS Ex 11:3; Ps 78:70–71; 89:27

b1Sa 2:10, 35; Ps 18:50; 20:6; 84:9; Isa 45:1; Hab 3:13

cMt 22:43; Mk 12:36; 2Pe 1:21

dDt 32:4; S 1Sa 2:2; Ps 18:31

ePs 72:2

fS Ge 42:18

gIsa 11:1–5

hJn 1:5

iPs 119:147; 130:6; Pr 4:18

jS Jdg 5:31; Mt 13:43

kS Dt 32:2

lS Ge 9:16; Ps 89:29

mIsa 5:6; 9:18; 10:17; 27:4; 33:12; Mic 7:4; Na 1:10; Mt 13:40–41

nS 2Sa 17:10

o1Ch 27:2

p1Ch 27:4

1 23:8 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts suggest Ish-Bosheth, that is, Esh-Baal (see also 1 Chron. 11:11 Jashobeam).

2 23:8 Probably a variant of Hakmonite (see 1 Chron. 11:11)

3 23:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:11); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Three; it was Adino the Eznite who killed eight hundred men

q1Ch 8:4

4 23:9 See 1 Chron. 11:13; Hebrew gathered there.

rS Ge 38:1; S Jos 12:15

sS Jos 17:15

t1Sa 22:4–5; S 2Sa 5:17

uRu 1:19

vS Ge 35:14

wLev 17:10–12

xS 1Sa 26:6

5 23:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Thirty

yS 2Sa 8:18; 1Ch 27:5

zJos 15:21

aS 2Sa 2:18

bJdg 7:1

c1Ch 27:10

d1Ch 27:9

e1Ch 27:12

fS Jos 21:18

g1Ch 27:13

6 23:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 21:18; 1 Chron. 11:29); Hebrew Mebunnai

h2Ki 25:23; Ezr 2:22; Ne 7:26; Jer 40:8

i1Ch 27:15

jS Jos 15:57

kS Jdg 12:13

7 23:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also 1 Chron. 11:30); most Hebrew manuscripts Heleb

lJos 24:30

m2Sa 3:16

8 23:30 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:32) Hurai

nS Dt 3:14

9 23:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:34); Hebrew does not have son of.

10 23:33 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:35) Sakar

oS 2Sa 11:3

pS 2Sa 15:12

qS Jos 12:22

rS 1Sa 14:47

sS Jos 9:17

11 23:36 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:38); Hebrew Haggadi

t1Ch 2:53

u2Sa 11:3

2 Samuel 24

aS Jos 9:15

bJob 1:6; Zec 3:1

cS Ex 30:12; 1Ch 27:23

dS 2Sa 20:23

eS 2Sa 3:10

f2Ch 2:17; 17:14; 25:5

gS 2Sa 2:18

1 24:2 Septuagint (see also verse 4 and 1 Chron. 21:2); Hebrew Joab the army commander

hS Dt 1:11

iS Jos 13:9

jS Nu 21:32

kS Ge 10:19; Jdg 1:31

lS Jos 19:29

mS Ex 3:8

nGe 21:31

oS Dt 1:7

pS Nu 1:44–46

qS 1Sa 24:5

rS Nu 22:34

sS Nu 12:11

tS 1Sa 22:5

u1Sa 9:9

vDt 28:38–42, 48; S 32:24; Eze 14:21

wS Ex 5:3; S 30:12; S Lev 26:25; Dt 28:21–22, 27–28, 35

xNe 9:28; Ps 4:1; 51:1; 86:5; 103:8, 13; 119:132; 130:4; Isa 54:7; 55:7; Jer 33:8; 42:12; Da 9:9

2 24:13 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 21:12); Hebrew seven

y1Ch 27:24

zS Ge 6:6

aS Ge 16:7; S 19:13; S Ex 12:23; Ac 12:23

bPs 74:1; 100:3; Jer 49:20

cS Ge 18:23

dJnh 1:12

eGe 22:2; 2Ch 3:1

3 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.

fNu 16:44–50

gS 1Sa 6:14

hGe 23:11

iMal 1:13–14

4 24:23 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts King Araunah

jS Ge 23:16

kS 1Sa 7:17

5 24:24 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams

l2Sa 21:14