2 Samuel 3:9

3:9 God will severely judge Abner ¹  if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, ² 

2 Samuel 17:5

17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for ³  Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”

² tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”

³ tc In the MT the verb is singular, but in the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate it is plural.

⁴ tn Heb “what is in his mouth.”