2 Samuel 18:13

13 E se eu tivesse procedido falsamente contra a sua vida, coisa nenhuma se esconderia ao rei, e tu mesmo te oporias a mim:

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 Então disse Joabe ao homem que lho contara: Pois que o viste, por que não o derrubaste logo por terra? E eu te haveria dado dez siclos de prata e um cinto.

12 Respondeu, porém, o homem a Joabe: Ainda que eu pudesse pesar nas minhas mãos mil siclos de prata, não estenderia a mão contra o filho do rei; pois bem ouvimos que o rei deu ordem a ti, e a Abisai, e a Itai, dizendo: Guardai-vos, cada um, de tocar no mancebo Absalão.

13 E se eu tivesse procedido falsamente contra a sua vida, coisa nenhuma se esconderia ao rei, e tu mesmo te oporias a mim:

14 Então disse Joabe: Não posso demorar-me assim contigo aqui. E tomou na mão três dardos, e traspassou com eles o coração de Absalão, estando ele ainda vivo no meio do carvalho.

15 E o cercaram dez mancebos, que levavam as armas de Joabe; e feriram a Absalão, e o mataram.