2 Samuel 18:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ Joab asked the man who was reporting to him, “What! You saw him? Why didn’t you kill him right then and there? I would’ve given you ten pieces^[a] of silver and a warrior’s sash!”^[b]

¹² But the soldier replied to Joab, “I wouldn’t have touched the king’s son even if you dropped 1,000 pieces^[c] of silver right into my hands, because we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Watch how you treat the young man Absalom!’ ¹³ If I had taken his life,^[d] the king would have uncovered everything about it, and you would never have protected me!”