Holy Scripture

2 Samuel 18:10

Source: Septuagint

Original

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

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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.

9And 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.

— 2 Samuel 18:10 —

11And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

12And the man said to Joab, Were I even to receive a thousand shekels of silver, I would not lift my hand against the king’s son; for in our ears the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care of the young man Absalom for me,

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