2 Samuel 18:15

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 said Joab: 'I may not tarry thus with thee.' And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.

16And Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:11(19-12) And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying: 'Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying: Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? — For the speech of all Israel was come to the king, to bring him to his house. —

Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

Proverbs 28:17A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.

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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