"And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great…" — 2 Samuel 18:9

2 Samuel 18:9 · KJV

“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.”

— 2 Samuel 18:9

Verse 8

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. {devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour}

Verse 10

And a certain man saw {it}, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

2 Samuel 18 — Context

Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand {men}.

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. {devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour}

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.

And a certain man saw {it}, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest {him}, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten {shekels} of silver, and a girdle.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:26

And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled {it}: because {the hair} was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

Job 31:3

{Is} not destruction to the wicked? and a strange {punishment} to the workers of iniquity?

Proverbs 30:17

The eye {that} mocketh at {his} father, and despiseth to obey {his} mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. {the valley: or, the brook}

Galatians 3:13

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed {is} every one that hangeth on a tree:

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed {be} he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. {lamp: or, candle}

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled {his} ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. {followed: Heb. done} {put his...: Heb. gave charge concerning his house}

Deuteronomy 27:20

Cursed {be} he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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