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2 Samuel 18:13

11 “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”

12 The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

If I had jeopardized my own life —and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”

14 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

15 And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If I had jeopardized my own life —and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
KJV
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
WEB
Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”
ASV
Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me].
DARBY
Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king, and thou wouldest have set thyself against [me].
BLB
And if I had done against my soul a falsehood—For no matter is hidden from the king—then you would have set yourself against [me].”
ÅB
Men om jeg hadde gått svikefullt fram og tatt hans liv, så blir jo ingen ting skjult for kongen, og du ville nok holde deg unna.
OTB
Ellers, hvis jeg hadde handlet forrædersk mot hans liv, og ingenting er skjult for kongen, da ville du selv ha stått til side."
B1930
Men om jeg hadde gått svikefullt frem og tatt hans liv, så blir jo ingen ting skjult for kongen, og du vilde nok holde dig unda.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 14:19–20

    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

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  • Hebrews 4:13

    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:15–16

    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

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  • 2 Samuel 4:10–12

    when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

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