When a certainmansaw[it], he toldJoaband said,"Behold,I sawAbsalomhangingin an oak."
Abrampassedthroughthe landas faras the siteof Shechem,to the oakof Moreh.Now the Canaanite[was] thenin the land.
Then Joabsaidto the manwho had toldhim, "Now behold,you saw[him]! Whythen did you not strikehim thereto the ground?And I would have givenyou ten[pieces] of silverand a belt."
Now Absalomhappened to meetthe servantsof David.For Absalomwas ridingon [his] mule,and the mulewentunderthe thickbranchesof a greatoak.And his headcaughtfastin the oak,so he was lefthangingbetweenheavenand earth,while the mulethat was underhim kept going.
let sevenmenfrom his sonsbe givento us, and we will hangthem before the LORDin Gibeahof Saul,the chosenof the LORD."And the kingsaid,"I will give[them]."
"Is it not calamityto the unjustAnd disasterto those who workiniquity?
Christredeemedus from the curseof the Law,having becomea cursefor us-- for it is written,"CURSEDIS EVERYONEWHO HANGSON A TREE"--
