InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Sam C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V37 V38 V39
OET-LV And_all the_people they_paid_regard and_it_was_good in_eyes_of_their like_all that the_king he_did in/on_both_eyes_of all_of the_people it_was_good.
OET (OET-RV) All the people recognised David’s dignity in handling that matter and were pleased with his behaviour, just as they were pleased with everything that the king did,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם הִכִּ֔ירוּ
and=all the,people (Some words not found in UHB: and=all the,people took_note and,it_was_good in,eyes_of,their like,all which/who he/it_had_made the=king in/on=both_eyes_of all the,people good )
See how you translated the similar expression in 3:35. Alternate translation: [And the others in attendance noticed]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=all the,people took_note and,it_was_good in,eyes_of,their like,all which/who he/it_had_made the=king in/on=both_eyes_of all the,people good )
See how you translated the similar expression in 3:19. Alternate translation: [and they felt that he had done the right thing]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֣ה הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָ֖ם טֽוֹב
(Some words not found in UHB: and=all the,people took_note and,it_was_good in,eyes_of,their like,all which/who he/it_had_made the=king in/on=both_eyes_of all the,people good )
The author says everything that the king did was good in the eyes of all of the people as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [just as the people of Judah generally felt that David, their king, was doing the right things]
OET-LV And_all the_people they_paid_regard and_it_was_good in_eyes_of_their like_all that the_king he_did in/on_both_eyes_of all_of the_people it_was_good.
OET (OET-RV) All the people recognised David’s dignity in handling that matter and were pleased with his behaviour, just as they were pleased with everything that the king did,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.