2 Samuel 18:9

Good News Translation

Suddenly Absalom met some of David's men. Absalom was riding a mule, and as it went under a large oak tree, Absalom's head got caught in the branches. The mule ran on and Absalom was left hanging in midair.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

So the servants followed Absalom's instructions and killed Amnon. All the rest of David's sons mounted their mules and fled.

2 Samuel 14:26

His hair was very thick, and he had to cut it once a year, when it grew too long and heavy. It would weigh about five pounds according to the royal standard of weights.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. After putting his affairs in order, he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.

2 Samuel 18:10

One of David's men saw him and reported to Joab, “Sir, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

2 Samuel 18:14

“I'm not going to waste any more time with you,” Joab said. He took three spears and plunged them into Absalom's chest while he was still alive, hanging in the oak tree.

2 Samuel 18:8

The fighting spread over the countryside, and more men died in the forest than were killed in battle.

Job 31:3

He sends disaster and ruin to those who do wrong.

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse your parents, your life will end like a lamp that goes out in the dark.

Proverbs 30:17

If you make fun of your father or despise your mother in her old age, you ought to be eaten by vultures or have your eyes picked out by wild ravens.

Jeremiah 48:44

Whoever tries to escape the terror will fall into the pits, and whoever climbs out of the pits will be caught in the traps, because the Lord has set the time for Moab's destruction.

Matthew 27:5

Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

For Moses commanded, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.’

Galatians 3:13

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, “Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse.”

Deuteronomy 21:23

it is not to remain there overnight. It must be buried the same day, because a dead body hanging on a post brings God's curse on the land. Bury the body, so that you will not defile the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“‘God's curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother.’ “And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 27:20

“‘God's curse on anyone who disgraces his father by having intercourse with any of his father's wives.’ “And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!’