2 Samuel 18:13

18:13 If I had acted at risk of my own life ¹  – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.” ² 

2 Samuel 18:2

18:2 David then sent out the army – a third under the leadership of Joab, a third under the leadership of Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under the leadership of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, “I too will indeed march out with you.”

2 Samuel 5:7

5:7 But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).

[18:13]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and a number of the ancient versions in reading בְנַפְשִׁי (vÿnafshi, “against my life”) rather than the MT בְנַפְשׁוֹ (vÿnafsho, “against his life”).

[18:13]  ² tn Heb “stood aloof.”