Text -- 2 Samuel 23:17 (NET)

23:17 and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 23:17

¹ tn Heb “Far be it to me, O Lord, from doing this.”

² tn Heb “[Is it not] the blood of the men who were going with their lives?”

³ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”