2 Samuel 12:5

12:5 Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! ¹ 

2 Samuel 18:7

18:7 The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. ²  The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed.

[12:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the man doing this [is] a son of death.” See 1 Sam 20:31 for another use of this expression, which must mean “he is as good as dead” or “he deserves to die,” as 1 Sam 20:32 makes clear.

[18:7]  ² tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 9).