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 ^(A)there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”