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2 Samuel 18:122Sam.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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Mais cet homme dit à Joab: Quand je pèserais dans ma main mille sicles d'argent, je ne mettrais pas la main sur le fils du roi; car nous avons entendu cet ordre que le roi t'a donné, à toi, à Abischaï et à Ittaï: Prenez garde chacun au jeune Absalom!

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    Jemini. Praeterea David, qui praeceperat Joab, et caeteris ducibus dicens: «Parcite puero Absalon (II Reg. XVIII, 12) ,» nunquam de morte filii loqueretur ita dicens: Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem. Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum, et incidit in foveam, quam fecit, maxim…

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