2|Sam. 2:1a| inquired| 1|Sam. 22:10;| 23:2, 4;| 2|Sam. 5:19
2|Sam. 2:1b| Hebron| 2|Sam. 2:11;| Josh. 14:13;| 1|Sam. 30:31
2|Sam. 2:2a| wives| 1|Sam. 25:42-43
2|Sam. 2:41| anointed
| See note 31 in ch. 5.
2|Sam. 2:4a| king| 2|Sam. 5:3;| Acts 13:22
2|Sam. 2:4b| Jabesh-gilead| Judg. 21:8;| 1|Sam. 11:1;| 31:11
2|Sam. 2:61| repay
| Lit., do you this good.
2|Sam. 2:8a| Abner| 1|Sam. 14:50
2|Sam. 2:81| Ish-bosheth
| Meaning man of shame. It is a deliberate alteration of his given name, Eshbaal, in 1|Chron. 8:33.
2|Sam. 2:11a| seven| 2|Sam. 5:5;| 1|Chron. 3:4
2|Sam. 2:13a| Joab| 2|Sam. 8:16
2|Sam. 2:18a| Joab| 1|Chron. 2:16
2|Sam. 2:23a| struck| cf. 2|Sam. 3:27
2|Sam. 2:291| Bithron
| The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain; others translate, the morning.