2 Samuel 18:17

And he took Abessalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

In Context

16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.

18Now Abessalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar + 18:18 Gr. in, or by.near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king's dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: + 18:18 Heb. and Alex. insert 'and he called the pillar after his own name.'and he called the pillar, Abessalom's + 18:18 Heb. idiom for 'place.'hand, until this day.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:29And he hanged the king of Gai on a + 8:29 Gr. double tree.gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into + 8:29 Gr. the pit or trench. For vv. 30-35, see chap. 9. 2.a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.

2 Samuel 19:5And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son!

2 Samuel 19:9Then the king arose, and sat in the gate: and all the people reported, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people went in before the king to the gate; for Israel had fled every man to his + 19:9 Gr. tents.tent.

2 Samuel 20:22And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and + 20:22 Gr. it or she. i. e. ἡ πόλις.they took off the head of Sabee the son of Bochori; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly man is extinguished.

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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