2 Samuel 11:11

11:11 Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations ¹  with my wife? As surely as you are alive, ²  I will not do this thing!”

2 Samuel 14:7

14:7 Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, ‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death ³  of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, ⁴  leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”

¹ tn Heb “and lay.”

² tn Heb “as you live and as your soul lives.”

³ tn Heb “in exchange for the life.” The Hebrew preposition בְּ (bÿ, “in”) here is the so-called bet pretii, or bet (בְּ) of price, defining the value attached to someone or something.

⁴ sn My remaining coal is here metaphorical language, describing the one remaining son as her only source of lingering hope for continuing the family line.