2 Samuel 18:13

13 De otro modo, si yo hubiera hecho traición contra su vida (y no hay nada oculto al rey), tú mismo te hubieras mostrado indiferente.

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 Joab dijo al hombre que le había avisado: He aquí, tú lo viste, ¿por qué no lo heriste allí derribándolo a tierra? Yo te hubiera dado diez piezas de plata y un cinturón.

12 Respondió el hombre a Joab: Aunque yo recibiera mil piezas de plata en la mano, no extendería la mano contra el hijo del rey; porque ante nuestros oídos el rey te ordenó a ti, a Abisai y a Itai, diciendo: "Protegedme al joven Absalón."

13 De otro modo, si yo hubiera hecho traición contra su vida (y no hay nada oculto al rey), tú mismo te hubieras mostrado indiferente.

14 Respondió Joab: No malgastaré mi tiempo aquí contigo. Y tomando tres dardos en la mano, los clavó en el corazón de Absalón mientras todavía estaba vivo en medio de la encina.

15 Y diez jóvenes escuderos de Joab rodearon e hirieron a Absalón y lo remataron.