13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk 1 and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” 2
8:4 Surely the king’s authority 3 is absolute; 4
no one can say 5 to him, “What are you doing?”
1 tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”
2 tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”
3 tn Heb “word.”
4 tn Heb “supreme.”
5 tn Heb “Who can say…?”