2 Samuel 18:9
King James Version
Translation: KJV
7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.Select 2 Samuel 18:7
8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.Select 2 Samuel 18:8
9And 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.Select 2 Samuel 18:9
10And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.Select 2 Samuel 18:10
11And 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.Select 2 Samuel 18:11
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WEB
18:9 Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his 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 sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
ASV
18:9 And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his 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 heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
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