2 Samuel 2:17
2:17 Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers. 1
2 Samuel 3:39
3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear!
2 May the
Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”
3
1 tn Heb “servants.” So also elsewhere.
2 tn Heb “are hard from me.”
3 tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).