2 Samuel 4:11

4:11 Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept ¹  in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove ²  you from the earth?”

2 Samuel 18:19

David Learns of Absalom’s Death

18:19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies.” ³ 

2 Samuel 18:31

18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, ⁴  “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” ⁵ 

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “on his bed.”

[4:11]  ² tn See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער. Some derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to burn; to consume.”

[18:19]  ³ tn Heb “that the Lord has vindicated him from the hand of his enemies.”

[18:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”

[18:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the Lord has vindicated you today from the hand of all those rising against you.”