10. And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
11. And Joab saith to the man who is declaring [it] to him, `And lo, thou hast seen-- and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth--and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?'
12. And the man saith unto Joab, `Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who [is]against the youth--against Absalom;
13. or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou--thou dost station thyself over-against.'
14. And Joab saith, `Not right--I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he [is] alive, in the midst of the oak.
15. And they go round--ten youths bearing weapons of Joab--and smite Absalom, and put him to death.
16. And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;