Discovery Box2 Samuel 3:9 
Context3:9 God will severely judge Abner 1 if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, 2
2 Samuel 3:35
Context3:35 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 3 if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”
2 Samuel 19:14
Context19:14 He 4 won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, “Return, you and all your servants as well.”
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 tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”
4 tn The referent of “he” is not entirely clear: cf. NCV “David”; TEV “David’s words”; NRSV, NLT “Amasa.”
