3:38 Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great leader 1 has fallen this day in Israel? 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 “a leader and a great one.” The expression is a hendiadys.
2 tn Heb “are hard from me.”
3 tn Heb “May the