11 Then Joab said unto the man that told him, And hast thou indeed seen? why then didst thou not there smite him to the ground, and I would have given thee ten (A)shekels of silver, and a girdle?

12 Then the man said unto Joab, Though I should [a]receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not lay mine hand upon the King’s son: for in our hearing the King charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Beware, lest any touch the young man Absalom.

13 If I had done it, it had been [b]the danger of my life: for nothing can be hid from the King: yea, thou thyself wouldest have been against me.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:12 Hebrew, weigh upon mine hand.
  2. 2 Samuel 18:13 Hebrew, a lie against my soul.

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