2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ¹  God will punish me severely, ²  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 24:14

24:14 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” ³ 

[19:13]  ¹ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ² tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

[24:14]  ³ tn Heb “There is great distress to me. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for great is his mercy, but into the hand of man let me not fall.”