2 Samuel 18:10 - Plain English Version

¹⁰ One of David’s men saw him, and he went to the boss soldier, Joab, and said, “I just saw Absalom hanging from a tree.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ A certain man saw it and told Joab, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁰ One of the men saw this and reported to Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Then a certain one saw this and reported it to Joab, saying, "I saw Absalom hanging from an oak."

2 Samuel 18:10 Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram and everyone with him walked through that new country, and they went to a town called Shekem, and they camped there, near a big tree at a place called Moreh. The people that lived in that country were called the Canaan mob, and they didn’t know God.

2 Samuel 18:11

Joab said, “What? You really saw him like that? Why didn’t you kill him dead straight away? I will give lots of money and a boss soldier’s belt to a man that does something like that.”

2 Samuel 18:9

While they were fighting, David’s son Absalom rode around in the bush on a donkey. He suddenly met some of David’s men, and he tried to get away. The donkey ran under a big tree, and Absalom’s head got stuck in the branches. The donkey kept on running, so Absalom was left there. He hung from the tree and couldn’t get down.

Galatians 3:13

But if we try to follow that law, we will not be able to do it properly, and in the end God will punish us. But we don’t have to follow that law. You see, God already punished Jesus Christ instead of us. When Jesus died, he paid for us, and he made us free from that trouble that comes from the law. God also says this in his book, “If people hang somebody from wood to kill them, that person gets trouble from God.” And that is what they did, they nailed Jesus Christ to that wooden cross, and he got that trouble from God. Jesus Christ died like that to pay for all of us. He bought us for God.