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! May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”

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, for the king’s son is dead.”


tn Heb “are hard from me.”

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

tn Heb “but this day you will not bear good news.”