Cross-References and Text Notes
2 Samuel 1
q S Lev 20:9; Mt 27:24-25; Ac 18:6
1 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.
c Dt 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
2 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings
2 Samuel 2
1 2:16 Helkath Hazzurim means field of daggers or field of hostilities.
2 2:29 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
2 Samuel 3
k S Ge 22:24; 2Sa 16:21-22; S 1Ki 1:3
1 3:29 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
2 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 5
1 5:8 Or are hated by David
2 5:9 Or the Millo
3 5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.
4 5:25 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 14:16); Hebrew Geba
2 Samuel 6
1 6:2 That is, Kiriath Jearim (see 1 Chron. 13:6)
2 6:2 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate do not have the Name.
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
4 6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs
5 6:8 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.
2 Samuel 7
f S Ex 26:1; Ps 132:3; Ac 7:45-46
g S 1Sa 10:7; Ps 132:1-5
a S Jdg 2:16; 1Sa 12:9-11
1 7:11 Traditionally judges
k ver 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
o ver 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
q Ps 89:36-37; S Lk 1:33
2 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you
3 7:19 Or for the human race
d Dt 4:32-38; S 33:29; S 1Sa 12:22
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.
2 Samuel 8
1 8:3 Or his control along
2 8:4 Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers
3 8:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew Betah.
5 8:10 A variant of Hadoram
6 8:12 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram
7 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (that is, Arameans)
g S 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
8 8:18 Or were chief officials (see Septuagint and Targum; see also 1 Chron. 18:17)
2 Samuel 9
2 Samuel 10
1 10:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 19:18); Hebrew horsemen
2 Samuel 11
j S Lev 20:10; Ps 51 Title; Jas 1:14-15
1 11:11 Or staying at Sukkoth
2 11:21 Also known as Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon)
2 Samuel 12
1 12:14 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text for the enemies of
2 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.
3 12:25 Jedidiah means loved by the LORD.
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
2 13:34 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.
2 Samuel 14
1 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
2 14:26 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
2 Samuel 15
1 15:7 Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty
2 15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.
3 15:20 Septuagint; Hebrew May kindness and faithfulness be with you
2 Samuel 16
2 Samuel 17
1 17:1 Or Let me
2 17:9 Or When some of the men fall at the first attack
3 17:20 Or “They passed by the sheep pen toward the water.”
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
7 17:28 Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew lentils, and roasted grain
2 Samuel 18
1 18:3 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts care; for now there are ten thousand like us
2 18:11 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
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.
5 18:13 Or Otherwise, if I had acted treacherously toward him
6 18:23 That is, the plain of the Jordan
2 Samuel 19
n S 2Sa 16:6-8
b S 2Sa 17:27-29; 1Ki 2:7
2 Samuel 20
1 20:6 Or and do us serious injury
2 20:14 See Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew Berites.
3 20:24 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Kings 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram
2 Samuel 21
1 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal
2 21:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms
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.
2 Samuel 22
e S 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
1 22:3 Or sovereign
2 22:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.
3 22:8 Hebrew; Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:7) mountains
4 22:11 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts appeared
5 22:12 Septuagint (see also Psalm 18:11); Hebrew massed
6 22:25 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:24) to the cleanness of my hands
t S Ex 3:8; 1Sa 2:8-9; Ps 72:12-13
7 22:30 Or can run through a barricade
8 22:33 Dead Sea Scrolls, some Septuagint manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:32); Masoretic Text who is my strong refuge
9 22:36 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text shield; / you stoop down to make
10 22:46 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text they arm themselves
2 Samuel 23
a S Ex 11:3; Ps 78:70-71; 89:27
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
4 23:9 See 1 Chron. 11:13; Hebrew gathered there.
t 1Sa 22:4-5; S 2Sa 5:17
5 23:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Thirty
6 23:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 21:18; 1 Chron. 11:29); Hebrew Mebunnai
7 23:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also 1 Chron. 11:30); most Hebrew manuscripts Heleb
8 23:30 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:32) Hurai
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
11 23:36 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:38); Hebrew Haggadi
2 Samuel 24
1 24:2 Septuagint (see also verse 4 and 1 Chron. 21:2); Hebrew Joab the army commander
p S Nu 1:44-46
v Dt 28:38-42,48; S 32:24; Eze 14:21
2 24:13 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 21:12); Hebrew seven
3 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.
4 24:23 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts King Araunah
5 24:24 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams