2 Samuel 18:10-12

New Living Translation

¹⁰ One of David’s men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”

¹¹ “What?” Joab demanded. “You saw him there and didn’t kill him? I would have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver^[a] and a hero’s belt!”

¹² “I would not kill the king’s son for even a thousand pieces of silver,^[b]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.’