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2 Samuel 18:15

World English Bible

Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

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2 Samuel 18:15 in other translations

And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

2 Samuel 18:15 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 18:15 in context

  1. 13Otherwise 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.”
  2. 14Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.
  3. 15Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
  4. 16Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.
  5. 17They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.