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nothing to you
This phrase is an exaggeration, but it expresses the very low value that David showed for the army. Alternate translation: "are worth very little to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
if Absalom had lived, and we all had died, then that would have pleased you
The speaker is giving a hypothetical situation. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo)