2 Samuel 18:11

New American Standard Bible 2020

Then Joab said to the man who had informed him, “So behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And it would have been my duty to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:10

When a certain man saw him, he informed Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

2 Samuel 18:12

But the man said to Joab, “Even if I were to receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me!’

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more so, if you will not be commander of the army for me continually, in 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 dark places, like those who have long been dead.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.