2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

16And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:11And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Why are you the last to take steps to get the king back to his house?

Psalms 37:35I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

Proverbs 28:17One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 18:10-19

The Death of Absalom. ( b. c. 1023.) 9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a 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 heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the… Read the whole commentary →

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