2 Samuel 15:4

15:4 Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me ¹  a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint ²  could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.”

2 Samuel 18:11

18:11 Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, “What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? ³  I would have given you ten pieces of silver ⁴  and a commemorative belt!” ⁵ 

[15:4]  ¹ tn Heb “Who will make me?”

[15:4]  ² tn Heb “a complaint and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[18:11]  ³ tn Heb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”

[18:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.

[18:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”