2 Samuel 18:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Or, take heed what (for so the Hebrew pronoun mi is sometimes used, as Judges 13:17) ye do with the young man. He expresseth David's sense, though not his words.

2 Samuel 18:12

12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receivec 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.