2 Samuel 18:9

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Absalom was riding his mule under a huge tree when his head caught in the branches. The mule ran off and left Absalom hanging in midair. Some of David's soldiers happened by,

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:26

His hair grew so thick and heavy that when he got it cut once a year, it weighed over two kilograms.

Proverbs 30:17

Don't make fun of your father or disobey your mother— crows will peck out your eyes, and buzzards will eat the rest of you.

Job 31:3

In fact, God sends disaster on all who sin,

Galatians 3:13

But Christ rescued us from the Law's curse, when he became a curse in our place. This is because the Scriptures say that anyone who is nailed to a tree is under a curse.

Mark 7:10

Didn't Moses command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents?

Jeremiah 48:44

If you are terrified and run, you will fall into a pit; and if you crawl out of the pit, you'll get caught in a trap. The time has come for you to be punished. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Proverbs 20:20

Children who curse their parents will go to the land of darkness long before their time.

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, “I'm not going to waste any more time on you!” Absalom was still alive, so Joab took three spears and stuck them through Absalom's chest.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that Absalom and the leaders of Israel were not going to follow his advice, he saddled his donkey and rode back to his home in Gilo. He told his family and servants what to do. Then he hanged himself, and they buried him in his family's burial place.

Deuteronomy 21:23

you must not leave it there overnight. Bury it the same day, because the dead body of a criminal hanging on a tree will bring God's curse on the land. The Lord your God is giving this land to you, so don't make it unclean by leaving the bodies of executed criminals on display.

Matthew 27:5

Judas threw the money into the temple and then went out and hanged himself.

2 Samuel 13:29

Absalom's servants killed Amnon, just as Absalom had told them. The rest of the king's sons quickly rode away on their mules to escape from Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:10

and one of them went and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree!”