2 Samuel 18:13

18:13 If I had acted at risk of my own life ¹  – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.” ² 

2 Samuel 19:21

19:21 Abishai son of Zeruiah replied, “For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the Lord’s anointed!”

[18:13]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and a number of the ancient versions in reading בְנַפְשִׁי (vÿnafshi, “against my life”) rather than the MT בְנַפְשׁוֹ (vÿnafsho, “against his life”).

[18:13]  ² tn Heb “stood aloof.”