2 Samuel 11:11
11:11 Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations 1 with my wife? As surely as you are alive, 2 I will not do this thing!”
2 Samuel 14:11
14:11 She replied, “In that case, 3 let the king invoke the name of 4 the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son’s head 5 will fall to the ground.”
2 Samuel 14:19
14:19 The king said, “Did Joab put you up to all of this?” 6 The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.
1 tn Heb “and lay.”
2 tn Heb “as you live and as your soul lives.”
3 tn The words “in that case” are not in the Hebrew text, but may be inferred from the context. They are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarification.
4 tn Heb “let the king remember.”
5 tn Heb “of your son.”
6 tn Heb “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?”