1 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! ¹  Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” ²  Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ³ 

1 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! ⁴  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ⁵  but remove the plague from your people!” ⁶ 

[11:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”

[11:19]  ² tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.

[11:19]  ³ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”

[21:17]  ⁴ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

[21:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

[21:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”