2 Samuel 13:16
13:16 But she said to him, “No I won’t, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!” 1 But he refused to listen to her.
2 Samuel 14:29
14:29 Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.
2 Samuel 18:20
18:20 But Joab said to him, “You will not be a bearer of good news today. You will bear good news some other day, but not today, 2 for the king’s son is dead.”
1 tn Heb “No, because this great evil is [worse] than the other which you did with me, by sending me away.” Perhaps the broken syntax reflects her hysteria and outrage.
2 tn Heb “but this day you will not bear good news.”