2 Samuel 18:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had given them orders. Then all the king's sons got up, and every man got on his beast and went in flight.

2 Samuel 14:26

And when he had his hair cut, which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair; the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

2 Samuel 18:10

And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.

2 Samuel 18:14

Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

2 Samuel 18:8

And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.

Job 31:3

Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

Proverbs 20:20

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

Jeremiah 48:44

He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Matthew 27:5

And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

Galatians 3:13

Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

Deuteronomy 21:23

Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 27:20

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.