Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 18:11-13
11“You justH2009 saw himH7200!” JoabH3097 exclaimedH559. “WhyH4069 did you notH3808 strike himH5221 to the groundH776H5921 right thereH8033? I would have givenH5414 you tenH6235 shekels of silverH37011 and aH259 warrior’s beltH2290!”
12The manH376 repliedH559, “Even ifH3863 a thousandH505 shekels of silverH37012 were weighed outH8254 intoH5921 my handsH3709, I would notH3808 raiseH7971 my handH3027 againstH413 the sonH1121 of the kingH4428. ForH3588 we heardH241 the kingH4428 command youH6680 and AbishaiH52 and IttaiH863H559, ‘ProtectH8104 the young manH5288 AbsalomH53 for my sake.3’ 13IfH176 I had jeopardizedH6213H8267H3605H1697 my own lifeH53154—and nothingH3808 is hiddenH3582 fromH4480 the kingH4428—youH859 would have abandonedH3320 meH5048.”
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 18:11 10 shekels is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams of silver. ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 18:12 1,000 shekels is approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver. ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 18:12 A few Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Whoever you may be, protect the young man Absalom. or Let no one touch the young man Absalom. ↩
- 4. 2 Samuel 18:13 Or If I had dealt treacherously against his life ↩
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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