10. One of David’s men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”
11. “What?” Joab demanded. “You saw him there and didn’t kill him? I would have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver and a hero’s belt!”
12. “I would not kill the king’s son for even a thousand pieces of silver,” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.’
13. And if I had betrayed the king by killing his son—and the king would certainly find out who did it—you yourself would be the first to abandon me.”