2 Samuel 3:23-25

3:23 When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: “Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”

3:24 So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner ¹  has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way! ²  3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return ³  and to discover everything that you are doing!”

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! ⁴  May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!” ⁵ 

2 Samuel 16:7-8

16:7 As he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man! ⁶  16:8 The Lord has punished you for ⁷  all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

2 Samuel 19:7

19:7 So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to ⁸  your servants. For I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”

[3:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, Abner.”

[3:24]  ² tc The LXX adds “in peace.”

[3:25]  ³ tn Heb “your going out and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. It specifically mentions the polar extremities of the actions but includes all activity in between the extremities as well, thus encompassing the entirety of one’s activities.

[3:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “are hard from me.”

[3:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).

[16:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “man of worthlessness.”

[16:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “has brought back upon you.”

[19:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and speak to the heart of.”