撒母耳记下 18:11

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約押對那向他報告的人說：“你既然看見了，為甚麼不當場把他擊殺，落在地上呢？那樣，我就賞賜你一百一十四克銀子和一條腰帶。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 押 对 报 信 的 人 说 ： 你 既 看 见 他 ， 为 甚 麽 不 将 他 打 死 落 在 地 上 呢 ？ 你 若 打 死 他 ， 我 就 赏 你 十 舍 客 勒 银 子 ， 一 条 带 子 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ Then Absalom happened to meet David's troops. As Absalom was riding his mule, it went under the thick branches of a large oak tree. Absalom's head got caught in the tree, and his mule ran out from under him. So Absalom was left hanging above the ground. ¹⁰ When one of the men saw it happen, he told Joab, "I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!" ¹¹ Joab said to him, "You saw him? Why didn't you kill him and let him fall to the ground? I would have given you a belt and four ounces of silver!" ¹² The man answered, "I wouldn't touch the king's son even if you gave me twenty-five pounds of silver. We heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Be careful not to hurt young Absalom.' ¹³ If I had killed him, the king would have found out, and you would not have protected me!" ¹⁴ Joab said, "I won't waste time here with you!" Absalom was still alive in the oak tree, so Joab took three spears and stabbed him in the heart. ¹⁵ Ten young men who carried Joab's armor also gathered around Absalom and struck him and killed him. ¹⁶ Then Joab blew the trumpet, so the troops stopped chasing the Israelites. ¹⁷ Then Joab's men took Absalom's body and threw it into a large pit in the forest and filled the pit with many stones. All the Israelites ran away to their homes. ¹⁸ When Absalom was alive, he had set up a pillar for himself in the King's Valley. He said, "I have no son to keep my name alive." So he named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom's Monument even today.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 19:13 - room of Joab Psalms 143:3 - smitten Proverbs 1:19 - every

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?"

Genesis 17:24
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.

Genesis 18:11
Abraham and Sarah were very old. Since Sarah was past the age when women normally have children,

Genesis 18:12
she laughed to herself, "My husband and I are too old to have a baby."

Genesis 18:18
Abraham's children will certainly become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 18:21
I will go down and see if they are as bad as I have heard. If not, I will know."

Genesis 31:35
Rachel said to her father, "Father, don't be angry with me. I am not able to stand up before you because I am having my monthly period." So Laban looked through the camp, but he did not find his idols.

Leviticus 15:19
"‘When a woman has her monthly period, she is unclean for seven days; anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth could not have a baby, and both of them were very old.

Luke 1:18
Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I know that what you say is true? I am an old man, and my wife is old, too."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joab said unto the man that told him,.... That gave the above account of him:

and, behold, thou sawest [him]; in reality; or, "didst thou see him?" is it a fact?

and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground; kill him on the spot, that he might have dropped from the tree to the ground:

and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver; on the news of it, for doing it, which was near twenty four shillings of our money; Josephus says i fifty shekels; the Arabic version has it ten thousand talents of silver, too great a sum by far:

and a girdle? which was a mark of great honour, and a token of a commission under him, and of investing: him with a military office; see

1 Samuel 18:4; it used to be given as an honorary reward to soldiers that behaved well, as on the contrary it was reckoned a reproach to be ungirt, or the girdle to be taken away k.

i Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10. sect. 2.) k Vide Lydium de re militare, l. 3. c. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ten shekels - (About 25 shillings.) The word “shekel” is understood, as in Genesis 20:16; Genesis 37:28. See the Exodus 38:24 note.

A girdle - Girdles were costly articles of Hebrew dress used to put money in Matthew 10:9, and given as presents 1 Samuel 18:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 18:11. And a girdle. — The military belt was the chief ornament of a soldier, and was highly prized in all ancient nations; it was also a rich present from one chieftain to another. Jonathan gave his to David, as the highest pledge of his esteem and perpetual friendship, 1 Samuel 18:4. And Ajax gave his to Hector, as a token of the highest respect. - Hom. Il. vii., ver. 305.