PDF 2 Sam 13-14

2sa/11/24.md

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 # king's servants
 
-Here "servants" refers to soldiers, not slaves, because soldiers were servants of the king.
+"king's soldiers."  These men served David as soldiers. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Samuel 3:22](../03/22.md).
 
 # your servant Uriah the Hittite was killed
 

2sa/13/01.md

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+# Connecting Statement:
+
+This is the beginning of the account of the rebellion led by Absalom, David's son, which runs through 2 Samuel 19. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-intro]])
+
 # It came about after this
 
 "It happened after this." This phrase is used to introduce a new event to the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent]])
 
-# half-sister
+# David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar ... Amnon loved her
 
-Amnon and Tamar shared the same father but not the same mother.
+Absalom, Amnon, and Tamar had all been born before the events in [1 Samuel 11-12](../11/01.md). It was after those events that Amnon fell in love with Tamar.
 
-# full sister
-
-Absalom and Tamar shared the same father and mother.
+# Absalom ... had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and ... Amnon loved her.
 
+The writer is introducing the people that the following account is about. Absalom ([1 Samuel 3:2](../03/02.md)) is introduced first because the larger account, through 2 Samuel 19, is about him. Tamar and Amnon ([1 Samuel 3:2](../03/02.md)) are not as important to the larger account and so are introduced after Absalom. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-intro]])

2sa/13/12.md

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 She does not want him to force her to have sexual relations with him. Alternate translation: "do not force me to have sexual relations with you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
 
-# appalling
-
-very shameful
-

2sa/13/15.md

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-# General Information:
+# The hatred with which he hated her was even greater than the love with which he had loved her
 
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+The repetition of the ideas of hate and love here emphasize that his feelings had changed completely. The abstract nouns "hatred" and "love" can be left untranslated. Alternate translation: "He hated her even more than he had loved her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
 
+# love ... loved her
+
+You may need to make explicit that the words "love" and "loved" here refer only to sexual desire. Alternate translation: "had desired her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

2sa/13/18.md

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 This means to lock the door so that she will not be able to come back in again. Alternate translation: "locked the door so that she could not go back in" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
 
+כְּתֹ֣נֶת פַּסִּ֔ים

2sa/14/22.md

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 Joab did this to honor the king and show his gratitude. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction]])
 
+# blessed the king
+
 # your servant
 
 To show respect for the king Joab refers to himself as "your servant."

2sa/15/18.md

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+# his servants
+
+"his soldiers."  These men served David as soldiers. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Samuel 3:22](../03/22.md).
+
 # Kerethites ... Pelethites
 
 Translate the names of these people groups the same as you did in [2 Samuel 8:18](../08/18.md).

2sa/20/06.md

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ This is another commander of David's army. See how you translated his name in [2
 
 "hurt us more"
 
-# your master's servants, my soldiers
+# your master's servants
 
-The phrase "my soldiers" clarifies which "servants." David refers to himself as "your master" as a formal way of speaking to someone with less authority.
+"my soldiers." These men served David as soldiers. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Samuel 3:22](../03/22.md). David refers to himself as "your master" as a formal way of speaking to someone with less authority.
 
 # pursue after