2 Samuel 18:7

⁵And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Spare for my sake the young man Absalom. And all the people heard the king charging all the commanders concerning Absalom.

⁶And all the people went out into the wood against Israel; and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim.

— 2 Samuel 18:7 —

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.