2 Samuel 13:25

Context

13:25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom¹ pressed² him, the king³ was not willing to go. Instead, David⁴ blessed him.

2 Samuel 15:33

Context
15:33 David said to him, “If you leave⁵ with me you will be a burden to me.

[13:25] ¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:25] ²tc Here and in v. 27 the translation follows 4QSam^a ויצפר (vayyitspar, “and he pressed”) rather than the MT וַיִּפְרָץ (vayyiprats, “and he broke through”). This emended reading seems also to underlie the translations of the LXX (καὶ ἐβιάσατο, kai ebiasato), the Syriac Peshitta (we’alseh), and Vulgate (cogeret eum).

[13:25] ³tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:25] ⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:33] ⁵tn Heb “cross over.”