2 Samuel 18:13
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Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?

2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said: Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? The woman answered, and said: By the health of thy soul, my lord, O king, it is neither on the left hand, nor on the right, in all these things which my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid.

2 Samuel 14:20
That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab commanded this: but thou, my lord, O king, art wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to understand all things upon earth.

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Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?

sought

2 Samuel 1:15,16 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died. . . .

2 Samuel 4:10-12 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news. . . .

for there is no

2 Samuel 14:19,20 And the king said: Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? The woman answered, and said: By the health of thy soul, my lord, O king, it is neither on the left hand, nor on the right, in all these things which my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid. . . .

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Context
Absalom Killed
12And he said to Joab: If thou wouldst have paid down in my hands a thousand pieces of silver, I would not lay my hands upon the king's son for in our hearing the king charged thee, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. 13Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?14And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but I will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,…
Lexicon
If
אֽוֹ־ (’ōw-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

I had jeopardized
עָשִׂ֤יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

my own life—
בְנַפְשִׁי֙ (ḇə·nap̄·šî)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

and nothing
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

is hidden
יִכָּחֵ֣ד (yik·kā·ḥêḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3582: To secrete, by act, word, to destroy

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the king—
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

you
וְאַתָּ֖ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

would have abandoned
תִּתְיַצֵּ֥ב (tiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

me.”
מִנֶּֽגֶד׃ (min·ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before


Additional Translations
If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”Otherwise I should have worked falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.

Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me .

so as to do no harm to his life: and nothing of the matter will be concealed from the king, and thou wilt set thyself against me.

Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king, and thou wouldest have set thyself against [me].

Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life, (and there is no matter hid from the king,) then thou thyself wouldest have stood aloof.

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldst have set thyself against me.

Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me."

or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou -- thou dost station thyself over-against.'
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