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Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a sash.”
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Verse 11. Silver, somewhat above a guinea: sicles are not expressed in Hebrew Bible.—Belt, the richest part of armour. Jonathan and Ajax made presents of their belts to David and Hector. 1 Kennicott. 18:4. Iliad Bible. See Job 13:18. The Romans wore very splendid belts. Balteus et notis fulserunt cingula bullis. Claud. Proserp. ii.
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