2Sa 18:12 | ESV | STEP | But the man said to Joab , Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver , I would not reach out my hand against the king’s son , for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai , For my sake protect the young man Absalom .

2 Samuel 18:12

12 But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king’s son, for ^ain our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’