2 Samuel 12:22

12:22 He replied, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, ¹  ‘Perhaps ²  the Lord will show pity and the child will live.

2 Samuel 16:19

16:19 Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.” ³ 

[12:22]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[12:22]  ² tn Heb “Who knows?”

[16:19]  ³ tn Heb “Just as I served before your father, so I will be before you.”