1 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! ¹  Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” ²  Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ³ 

1 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king ⁴  and wore it ⁵  (its weight was a talent ⁶  of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

¹ tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”

² tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.

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

⁴ tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.

⁵ tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”

⁶ sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.