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2 Samuel 18:12

2 Samuel 18:12
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the man said unto Joab,.... Disdaining his proposal:

though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand; or such a sum should be offered to me; the Arabic version is a million:…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 18:9-18

Here is Absalom quite at a loss, at his wit's end first, and then at his life's end. He that began the fight, big with the expectation of triumphing over David himself, with whom, if he had had him in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Beware that none touch Or, Have a care, all of you, of the young man Absalom: lit. as in the margin, whosoeverye be. But the Sept. and Vulg. read for my sake, as in 2Sa 18:18, in place of whosoever.

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