Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:13

13 Wǒ ruò wàng wèi haì le tāde xìngméng , jiù shì nǐ zìjǐ yĕ bì yǔ wǒ wéi dí . yuánlái wúlùn hé shì dōu mán bú guō wáng .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 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.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:13 In-Context

11 Yuē yē duì bàoxìn de rén shuō , nǐ jì kànjian tā , wèishénme bú jiāng tā dá sǐ luō zaì dì shàng ne . nǐ ruò dá sǐ tā , wǒ jiù shǎng nǐ shí Shĕkèlè yínzi , yī tiaó daìzi .

12 Nà rén duì Yuēyē shuō , wǒ jiù shì dé nǐ yī qiā Shĕkèlè yínzi , wǒ yĕ bù gǎn shēnshǒu haì wáng de érzi . yīnwei wǒmen tīngjian wáng zhǔfu nǐ hé yà bǐ shāi bìng yǐ taì shuō , nǐmen yào jǐnshèn , bùkĕ haì nà shàonián rén Yēshālóng .

13 Wǒ ruò wàng wèi haì le tāde xìngméng , jiù shì nǐ zìjǐ yĕ bì yǔ wǒ wéi dí . yuánlái wúlùn hé shì dōu mán bú guō wáng .

14 Yuē yē shuō , wǒ bùnéng yǔ nǐ liú lián . Yuēyē shǒu ná sān gǎn duǎn qiāng , chèn Yēshālóng zaì xiàngshù shàng hái huó zhe , jiù cī tòu tāde xīn .

15 Gĕi Yuēyē ná bīngqì de shí gè shàonián rén wéirǎo Yēshālóng , jiāng tā shā sǐ .