2 Samuel 18:9-18 And 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 .

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9 H53 And Absalom H7122 met [H8735] H6440 the servants H5650 H1732 of David H53 . And Absalom H7392 rode [H8802] H6505 upon a mule H6505 , and the mule H935 went [H8799] H7730 under the thick boughs H1419 of a great H424 oak H7218 , and his head H2388 caught hold [H8799] H424 of the oak H5414 , and he was taken up [H8714] H8064 between the heaven H776 and the earth H6505 ; and the mule H5674 that was under him went away [H8804] .

10 H259 And a certain H376 man H7200 saw [H8799] H5046 it, and told [H8686] H3097 Joab H559 , and said [H8799] H7200 , Behold, I saw [H8804] H53 Absalom H8518 hanged [H8803] H424 in an oak.

11 H3097 And Joab H559 said [H8799] H376 unto the man H5046 that told [H8688] H7200 him, And, behold, thou sawest [H8804] H5221 him, and why didst thou not smite [H8689] H776 him there to the ground H5414 ? and I would have given [H8800] H6235 thee ten H3701 shekels of silver H259 , and a H2290 girdle.

12 H376 And the man H559 said [H8799] H3097 unto Joab H3863 , Though H8254 I should receive [H8802] H505 a thousand H3701 shekels of silver H3709 in mine hand H7971 , yet would I not put forth [H8799] H3027 mine hand H4428 against the king's H1121 son H241 : for in our hearing H4428 the king H6680 charged [H8765] H52 thee and Abishai H863 and Ittai H559 , saying [H8800] H8104 , Beware [H8798] H5288 that none touch the young man H53 Absalom.

13 H176 Otherwise H6213 I should have wrought [H8804] H8267 falsehood H5315 against mine own life H1697 : for there is no matter H3582 hid [H8735] H4428 from the king H3320 , and thou thyself wouldest have set [H8691] thyself against me .

14 H559 Then said [H8799] H3097 Joab H3176 , I may not tarry [H8686] H6440 thus with thee H3947 . And he took [H8799] H7969 three H7626 darts H3709 in his hand H8628 , and thrust [H8799] H3820 them through the heart H53 of Absalom H2416 , while he was yet alive H424 in the midst of the oak.

15 H6235 And ten H5288 young men H5375 that bare [H8802] H3097 Joab's H3627 armour H5437 compassed about [H8799] H5221 and smote [H8686] H53 Absalom H4191 , and slew [H8686] him.

16 H3097 And Joab H8628 blew [H8799] H7782 the trumpet H5971 , and the people H7725 returned [H8799] H7291 from pursuing [H8800] H310 after H3478 Israel H3097 : for Joab H2820 held back [H8804] H5971 the people.

17 H3947 And they took [H8799] H53 Absalom H7993 , and cast [H8686] H1419 him into a great H6354 pit H3293 in the wood H5324 , and laid [H8686] H3966 a very H1419 great H1530 heap H68 of stones H3478 upon him: and all Israel H5127 fled [H8804] H376 every one H168 to his tent.

18 H53 Now Absalom H2416 in his lifetime H3947 had taken [H8804] H5324 and reared up [H8686] H4678 for himself a pillar H4428 , which is in the king's H6010 dale H559 : for he said [H8804] H1121 , I have no son H8034 to keep my name H2142 in remembrance [H8687] H7121 : and he called [H8799] H4678 the pillar H8034 after his own name H7121 : and it is called [H8735] H3117 unto this day H53 , Absalom's H3027 place.