Sinai2 Samuel 18:9
American Standard Version
And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
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2 Samuel 18:9 in other translations
Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
2 Samuel 18:9 in context
- 7And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
- 8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
- 9And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
- 10And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
- 11And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.