2 Samuel 3:38-39

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁸ Then the king said to his soldiers, ‘You must know that a great leader has fallen in Israel today. ³⁹ As for me, even though I am the anointed king, I have little power today. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me.^(A) May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil! ’^(B)