2 Samuel 18:11-13

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹¹ “What! You saw that!” Joab said to the man who told him. “Why didn’t you strike him to the ground? Then I would have felt obligated to give you four ounces of silver and a belt.”

¹² But the man told Joab, “Even if I felt the weight of 25 pounds of silver in my hand, I wouldn’t raise my hand against the king’s son. We heard the order the king gave you, Abishai, and Ittai: ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’ ^{[a] 13} If I had done something treacherous to him, would you have stood by me? Like everything else, it wouldn’t stay hidden from the king.”