3:9 God will severely judge Abner 1 if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, 2
2 Samuel 3:35
3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely 3 if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”
1 tnHeb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”
2 tcHeb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”
3 tnHeb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”