2 Samuel 3:35

3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely ¹  if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ²  “You should not do this! ³  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ⁴  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ⁵  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

[3:35]  ¹ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

[18:3]  ² tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ³ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).