2 Samuel 18:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ One of David's men saw him and reported to Joab, “Sir, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

¹¹ Joab answered, “If you saw him, why didn't you kill him on the spot? I myself would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

¹² But the man answered, “Even if you gave me a thousand pieces of silver, I wouldn't lift a finger against the king's son. We all heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake don't harm the young man Absalom.’