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2 Samuel 18:11

Listen to 2 Samuel 18:11
11 —¡Cómo! —exclamó Joab—. ¿Lo viste y no lo mataste ahí mismo? Te habría dado diez monedas de plata[a] y un cinturón.

2 Samuel 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:11

And Joab said unto the man that told him
That gave the above account of him:

and, behold, thou sawest [him];
in reality; or, "didst thou see him?" is it a fact?

and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground;
kill him on the spot, that he might have dropped from the tree to the ground:

and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver;
on the news of it, for doing it, which was near twenty four shillings of our money; Josephus says F9 fifty shekels; the Arabic version has it ten thousand talents of silver, too great a sum by far:

and a girdle?
which was a mark of great honour, and a token of a commission under him, and of investing: him with a military office; see ( 1 Samuel 18:4 ) ; it used to be given as an honorary reward to soldiers that behaved well, as on the contrary it was reckoned a reproach to be ungirt, or the girdle to be taken away F11.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10. sect. 2.)
F11 Vide Lydium de re militare, l. 3. c. 6.
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2 Samuel 18:11 In-Context

9 Absalón, que huía montado en una mula, se encontró con los soldados de David. La mula se metió por debajo de una gran encina, y a Absalón se le trabó la cabeza entre las ramas. Como la mula siguió de largo, Absalón quedó colgado en el aire.
10 Un soldado que vio lo sucedido le dijo a Joab:—Acabo de ver a Absalón colgado de una encina.
11 —¡Cómo! —exclamó Joab—. ¿Lo viste y no lo mataste ahí mismo? Te habría dado diez monedas de plata y un cinturón.
12 Pero el hombre respondió:—Aun si recibiera mil monedas, yo no alzaría la mano contra el hijo del rey. Todos oímos cuando el rey les ordenó a usted, a Abisay y a Itay que no le hicieran daño al joven Absalón.
13 Si yo me hubiera arriesgado, me habrían descubierto, pues nada se le escapa al rey; y usted, por su parte, me habría abandonado.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "diez monedas de plata" . Lit. "diez {siclos} de plata" .

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