2 Samuel 18:12

And the man said unto Joab ,.... Disdaining his proposal:

though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand ; or such a sum should be offered to me; the Arabic version is a million:

yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son ; to smite him, and slay him:

for in our hearing the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai ; his three generals:

saying, beware that none touch the young man Absalom ; so as to slay him; they were charged to abstain from it themselves, and to watch and observe others, and keep them from doing it.