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!
1 May the
Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”
2
2 Samuel 23:1
David’s Final Words
23:1 These are the final words of David:
“The oracle of David son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man raised up as
the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, 3
Israel’s beloved 4 singer of songs:
2 Samuel 23:17
23:17 and said, “O
Lord, I will not do this!
5 It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.”
6 So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.
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1 tn Heb “are hard from me.”
2 tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).
3 tn Heb “the anointed one of the God of Jacob.”
4 tn Or “pleasant.”
5 tn Heb “Far be it to me, O Lord, from doing this.”
6 tn Heb “[Is it not] the blood of the men who were going with their lives?”
7 tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”