2 Samuel 23:17

and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! ¹  It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” ²  So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ³ 

Ge 9:4; Ge 44:17; Le 17:10; Jud 5:18; 1Sa 2:30; 1Sa 26:11; 2Sa 20:20; 1Ki 21:3; 1Ch 11:19; Ps 72:14; Mt 26:28; Mr 14:24; Joh 6:52-54; 1Co 15:30

¹ tn Heb “Far be it to me, O Lord, from doing this.”

² tn Heb “[Is it not] the blood of the men who were going with their lives?”

³ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”