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And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten of silver, and a girdle.
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And Abessalom went to meet the servants of David: and Abessalom was mounted on his mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head was entangled in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth; and the mule passed on from under him.
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And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Abessalom hanging in an oak.
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And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten of silver, and a girdle.
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And the man said to Joab, Were I even to receive a thousand shekels of silver, I would not lift my hand against the king's son; for in our ears the king charged thee and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Take care of the young man Abessalom for me,
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so as to do no harm to his life: and nothing of the matter will be concealed from the king, and thou wilt set thyself against me.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.