2 Samuel 14:32

14:32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent a message to you saying, ‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: ¹  “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ²  “You should not do this! ³  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ⁴  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ⁵  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

[14:32]  ¹ tn Heb “saying.”

[18:3]  ² tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ³ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).