1 Chronicles 21:13
21:13 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” 1
1 Chronicles 11:19
11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! 2 Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” 3 Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. 4
1 tn Heb “There is great distress to me; let me fall into the hand of the Lord for his mercy is very great, but into the hand of men let me not fall.”
2 tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”
3 tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.
4 tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”