2 Samuel 18:9

And Absalom went to meet the servants of David: and Absalom was mounted on his mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head was entangled in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth; and the mule passed on from under him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.

10And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:23his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for everyone that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 27:20Cursed is he that lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s skirt: and all the people shall say, So be it.

2 Samuel 17:23And Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.

Job 18:8His foot also has been caught in a snare, 1 And let it be entangled in a net. 1

Psalms 63:9And their tongues have set him at nought, 1 All that saw them were troubled; 1

Proverbs 30:17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 18:2-9

Preparations for Battle. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away,… Read the whole commentary →

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