2 Samuel 3:25
Context3:25 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
Context4:11 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
Context15:21 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.”