Context 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?1 I would have given you ten pieces of silver2 and a commemorative belt!”3
[18:11]1tnHeb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”
[18:11]2tnHeb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.
[18:11]3tnHeb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”