# the second day of the month

This "second" is an ordinal number which refers to two. Alternate translation: "the second day of the new moon festival" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])

# he was grieved over David

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "he was grieving over David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# had dishonored him

Here "him" refers to David.