2 Samuel 18:13

13 Si yo hubiera traicionado al rey y matado a su hijo —y de seguro el rey descubriría quién lo hizo—, usted sería el primero en abandonarme a mi suerte.

2 Samuel 18:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:13

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own
life
Or "soul"; he should not only have exposed his life to danger, but acted falsely to the king, by going contrary to his orders; yea, would have done that which was contrary to his own conscience; and if he had buoyed himself up with the hope of impunity, or of a reward, he should have found himself mistaken; the textual reading is, "against his life" ^F12, or "soul", the life of Absalom, by taking it away:

for there is no matter hid from the king;
this, though done ever so secretly, would have come to his knowledge by some means or another, and then I should have incurred his displeasure, and suffered for it:

and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me];
to accuse and bring him to justice; he would have been so far from protecting him, that he would have been the first man that would have insisted on it that he should be punished for it; or why dost not thou thyself set thyself against him, and smite him? thou mayest if thou pleasest, yonder he hangs, go and smite him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (wvpnb) (en th quch autou) , Sept. "contra animam illius", Piscator.

2 Samuel 18:13 In-Context

11 —¿Qué? —preguntó Joab—. ¿Lo viste ahí y no lo mataste? ¡Te hubiera recompensado con diez piezas de plata
y un cinturón de héroe!

12 —No mataría al hijo del rey ni por mil piezas de plata
—le respondió el hombre a Joab—. Todos escuchamos lo que el rey les dijo a usted, a Abisai y a Itai: “Por consideración a mí, por favor, perdonen la vida del joven Absalón”.

13 Si yo hubiera traicionado al rey y matado a su hijo —y de seguro el rey descubriría quién lo hizo—, usted sería el primero en abandonarme a mi suerte.

14 —Basta ya de esta tontería —dijo Joab.
Enseguida Joab tomó tres dagas y las clavó en el corazón de Absalón mientras estaba colgado, todavía vivo, del gran árbol.

15 Luego diez jóvenes escuderos de Joab rodearon a Absalón y lo remataron.