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2 Samuel 18:11
New English Translation

11 Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, “What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot?[a] I would have given you ten pieces of silver[b] and a commemorative belt!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:11 tn Heb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”
  2. 2 Samuel 18:11 tn Heb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.
  3. 2 Samuel 18:11 tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”
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