2 Samuel 18:10

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Samuel 18:10

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Samuel 18

⁸ The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

⁹ Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

¹⁰ When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

¹¹ “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”

¹² The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

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