2 Samuel 18:11-13
Legacy Standard Bible
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 So the man said to Joab, “Even if I should receive one thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not send forth my hand against the king’s son; for (A)in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘[a]Keep 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.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:12 As in some mss and the ancient versions; M.T. Take care whoever you are of
2 Samuel 18:11-13
King James Version
11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
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