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 ¹  if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

2 Samuel 12:8

12:8 I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. ²  I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well!

2 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab, “Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite.” But Joab said, “Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward.”

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ³  God will punish me severely, ⁴  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 24:3

24:3 Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

[3:35]  ¹ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

[12:8]  ² tn Heb “and the wives of your lord into your chest [or “lap”].” The words “I put” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[19:13]  ³ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”