2 Samuel 18:13-15 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

13. He always finds out what's going on. I would have been risking my life to kill Absalom, because you would have let me take the blame.”

14. Joab said, “I'm not going to waste any more time on you!”Absalom was still alive, so Joab took three spears and stuck them through Absalom's chest.

15. Ten of Joab's bodyguards came over and finished him off.

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