2 Samuel 18:11-13

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹¹ Then Joab said to the man who had told him, “Now behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.” ¹² The man said to Joab, “Even if I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king’s son; for ^(A)in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘^[a]Protect for me the young man Absalom!’ ¹³ Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and ^(B)there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”