2 Samuel 18:11

Modern English Version

Joab said to the man who was reporting to him, “What? You saw him? Why did you not strike him on the spot, sending him to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:10

And a certain man saw him and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”

2 Samuel 18:12

The man said to Joab, “Not even if I had felt the weight of a thousand shekels of silver in my hand would I have laid a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you, Abishai, and Ittai saying: Beware lest anyone touch the young man Absalom!

2 Samuel 19:13

Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do to me, and more so, if you are not commander of the army before me from now on in the place of Joab.’ ”

Psalm 143:3

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those who have long been dead.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.