10 One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

11 “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed.[a] “Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten silver pieces[b] and a belt!”

12 The man replied to Joab, “Even if I had the weight of a thousand pieces of silver[c] in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me.’[d](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:11 Lit Joab said to the man who told him
  2. 18:11 About four ounces of silver
  3. 18:12 About 25 pounds of silver
  4. 18:12 Some Hb mss, LXX, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read ‘Protect, whoever, the young man Absalom’; Hb obscure

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