2 Samuel 18:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ Now Absalom encountered some of David’s servants. When Absalom was riding on his mule, the mule went under the thick branches of the great oak, and his head got caught in the oak, so that he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule. And as the mule went under a thick and large oak his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and he earth the mule on which he rode passed on.

2 Samuel 18:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon as Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, each mounted his mule and fled.

2 Samuel 14:26

When he cut the hair of his head—at the end of every year he would cut it because the hair got so heavy on him that he had to cut it. The weight of the hair from his head was 200 shekels by the royal weight.

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, went to his home in his hometown set his house in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 18:10

Then a certain man saw it and told Joab saying, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

2 Samuel 18:14

“I won’t wait for you!” Joab said. So he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

2 Samuel 18:8

For the battle there was spread over the face of the entire countryside and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Job 31:3

Is it not calamity for the unjust, and disaster for workers of iniquity?

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns obeying a mother— will be pecked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures!

Jeremiah 48:44

“The one who flees from panic will fall into the pit, and one who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. For I will bring on Moab the year of their visitation.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Matthew 27:5

After tossing the silver into the Temple sanctuary, he left. Then he went off and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

Galatians 3:13

Messiah liberated us from Torah’s curse, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)—

Deuteronomy 21:23

His body is not to remain all night on the tree—instead you must certainly bury him the same day, for anyone hanged is a curse of God. You must not defile your land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 27:20

‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s nakedness.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’