2 Samuel 18:9

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Absalom ran into some of David's men while he was riding on his mule. As the mule went under the twisted branches of a large oak tree, Absalom's hair got caught in the tree. The mule he was riding kept going, leaving him hanging between earth and sky.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

So Absalom's men did what Absalom had ordered and killed Amnon. Then all the rest of the king's sons jumped up, got on their mules, and ran away.

2 Samuel 14:26

He cut his hair every year because it got so heavy—it weighed two hundred royal shekels.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had been ignored, he saddled up his donkey and left for his home in the town where he lived. He put his affairs in order and then he hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.

2 Samuel 18:10

One of David's men saw what happened, so he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree!”

2 Samuel 18:14

“I'm not going to waste time waiting around like this with you!” Joab told him. He grabbed three spears and drove them into Absalom's heart while he was still alive, hanging from the oak tree.

2 Samuel 18:8

The battle covered the whole countryside, and that day more died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.

Job 31:3

Isn't it disaster for the wicked and destruction for those who do wrong?

Proverbs 20:20

Anyone who curses their father or mother will have their light put out and end in utter darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

People who ridicule their fathers and despise obedience to the mother will have their eyes pecked out by wild ravens and eaten by young vultures.

Jeremiah 48:44

You will run away in terror and fall into a trap, and when you climb out of the trap, you'll be caught in a snare. I will do this to the Moabites at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.

Matthew 27:5

Judas threw the silver coins into the sanctuary and left. He went away and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

“Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses their father or mother should die.’

Galatians 3:13

Christ has rescued us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. As Scripture says, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

Deuteronomy 21:23

don't leave the body hanging there overnight. Make sure you bury the body the same day, because anyone who is hung is under God's curse. Don't defile the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“A curse on anyone who dishonors their father or mother.” Everyone says “Amen!”

Deuteronomy 27:20

“A curse on any man who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has disgraced his father!” Everyone says “Amen!”