2 Samuel 18:14

And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with thee. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.

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In The King James Version

Then 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 oak.

In Context

13so as to do no harm to his life: and nothing of the matter will be concealed from the king, and thou wilt set thyself against me.

15And ten young men that bore Joab’s armor compassed Absalom, and smote him and slew him.

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Cross References

Judges 4:21And Jael the wife of Heber took a pin of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him, and fastened the pin in his temple, and it went through to the earth, and he fainted away, and darkness fell upon him and he died.

Judges 5:31Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: 1 And they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.

2 Samuel 14:30And Absalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab’s portion in the field is next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Absalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Absalom have set the field on fire.

2 Samuel 19:1And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom; would God I had died for thee, even I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son!

Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, 1 And the joy of transgressors is destruction: 1

Psalms 45:5The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: 1 The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. 1

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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