2 Samuel 3:24-25

3:24 So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner 1  has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way! 2  3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return 3  and to discover everything that you are doing!”

2 Samuel 3:39

3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! 4  May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!” 5 

1 tn Heb “Look, Abner.”

2 tc The LXX adds “in peace.”

3 tn Heb “your going out and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. It specifically mentions the polar extremities of the actions but includes all activity in between the extremities as well, thus encompassing the entirety of one’s activities.

4 tn Heb “are hard from me.”

5 tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).