2 Samuel 18:11-13

Easy-to-Read Version

¹¹ Joab said to the man, “Why didn’t you kill him and let him fall to the ground? I would have given you a belt and ten pieces of silver!”

¹² The man said to Joab, “I would not try to hurt the king’s son even if you gave me 1000 pieces of silver. We heard the king’s command to you, Abishai, and Ittai. The king said, ‘Be careful not to hurt young Absalom.’ ¹³ If I had killed Absalom, the king himself would find out, and you would punish me.^[a]”