2 Samuel 3:39

3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! ¹  May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!” ² 

2 Samuel 23:1

David’s Final Words

23:1 These are the final words of David:

“The oracle of David son of Jesse,

the oracle of the man raised up as

the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, ³ 

Israel’s beloved ⁴  singer of songs:

2 Samuel 23:17

23:17 and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! ⁵  It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” ⁶  So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ⁷ 

[3:39]  ¹ tn Heb “are hard from me.”

[3:39]  ² tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).

[23:1]  ³ tn Heb “the anointed one of the God of Jacob.”

[23:1]  ⁴ tn Or “pleasant.”

[23:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “Far be it to me, O Lord, from doing this.”

[23:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “[Is it not] the blood of the men who were going with their lives?”

[23:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”