2 Samuel 18:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ And when Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then Absalom [unavoidably] met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and Absalom's head caught fast [in a fork] of the oak; and the mule under him ran away, leaving him hanging between the heavens and the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁹ Absalom came upon some of David’s men. Absalom was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree. Absalom’s head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair while the mule under him kept on going.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then it happened that Absalom, riding on a mule, met the servants of David. And when the mule had entered under a thick and large oak tree, his head became trapped in the oak. And while he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule on which he had been sitting continued on.

2 Samuel 18:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

Then the servants of Aḇ

2 Samuel 14:26

And when he cut the hair of his head – for it was at every year’s end that he cut it because it was heavy on him – when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sheqels by the sovereign’s weight.

2 Samuel 17:23

And Aḥ

2 Samuel 18:10

And a certain man saw it and informed Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 18:14

And Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 18:8

And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Job 31:3

Is it not calamity to the perverse, and strangeness to the workers of wickedness?

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp is put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

An eye that mocks his father, And scorns to obey his mother – Ravens of the wadi dig it out, And young eagles eat it!

Jeremiah 48:44

“He who flees from the fear falls into the pit, and he who gets out of the pit is caught in the snare. For I am bringing upon Mo’aḇ

Matthew 27:5

And throwing down the pieces of silver in the Dwelling Place he left, and went and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

“For Mosheh said, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Galatians 3:13

Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree.” –

Deuteronomy 21:23

“Let his body not remain overnight on the tree, for you shall certainly bury him the same day – for he who is hanged is accursed of Elohim – so that you do not defile the land which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is he who makes light of his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ

Deuteronomy 27:20

‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ