12 Then the man said unto Joab, Though I should [a]receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not lay mine hand upon the King’s son: for in our hearing the King charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Beware, lest any touch the young man Absalom.

13 If I had done it, it had been [b]the danger of my life: for nothing can be hid from the King: yea, thou thyself wouldest have been against me.

14 Then said Joab, I will not thus tarry with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them [c]through Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:12 Hebrew, weigh upon mine hand.
  2. 2 Samuel 18:13 Hebrew, a lie against my soul.
  3. 2 Samuel 18:14 Hebrew, in the heart of Absalom.

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