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? ¹  I would have given you ten pieces of silver ²  and a commemorative belt!” ³ 

2 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We ⁴  have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, ⁵  nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, ⁶  “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

[18:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”

[18:11]  ² tn Heb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.

[18:11]  ³ tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”

[21:4]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

[21:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[21:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.