^{7 8} And now arise, go·​·out, and speak to the heart of thy servants; for I promise by Jehovah, if^▫ thou^◦ go· not^◦ ·out, then not a man^◦ will lodge with^◦ thee tonight: and this will do· more ·evil to thee than all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.

⁹ So may God do to Abner, and so may He add unto him, if^▫ as^◦ Jehovah has promised to David, I do not even so to him,