2 Samuel 3:25

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 1  and to discover everything that you are doing!”

2 Samuel 4:11

4:11 Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept 2  in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove 3  you from the earth?”

2 Samuel 15:21

15:21 But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, 4  there I 5  will be as well!”

1 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.

2 tn Heb “on his bed.”

3 tn See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער. Some derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to burn; to consume.”

4 tn Heb “whether for death or for life.”

5 tn Heb “your servant.”