2 Samuel 18:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe?

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:10

And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.

2 Samuel 18:12

And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!

Psalm 143:3

The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.