2 Samuel 18:9
NASB
2 Sam 18:9
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Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on {his} mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going.
2 Sam 18:10
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When a certain man saw {it,} he told Joab and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."
2 Sam 18:11
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Then Joab said to the man who had told him, "Now behold, you saw {him!} Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten {pieces} of silver and a belt."
2 Sam 18:12
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The man said to Joab, "Even if I should receive a thousand {pieces of} silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, `Protect for me the young man Absalom!'
2 Sam 18:13
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~"Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof."
2 Sam 18:14
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Then Joab said, "I will not waste time here with you." So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
2 Sam 18:15
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And ten young men who carried Joab's armor gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him.
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