1 Chronicles 19:5

19:5 Messengers ¹  came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ²  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

1 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! ³  Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” ⁴  Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

² map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

³ tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”

⁴ tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.

⁵ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”