2 Samuel 18:15

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And 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.

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

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:11And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are ye silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king.

Proverbs 28:17a Chasten thy son, and he shall love thee, 1 And give honor to thy soul: 1 He shall not obey a sinful nation. 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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