2 Samuel 3:9

3:9 God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him,

2 Samuel 3:35

3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”


tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”

tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”

tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”