Then Joabsaid,"I will not wastetimeherewith you." So he tookthreespearsin his handand thrustthem through the heartof Absalomwhile he was yetalivein the midstof the oak.
Nowtherefore, the swordshall neverdepartfrom your house,becauseyou have despisedMe and have takenthe wifeof Uriahthe Hittiteto be your wife.'
Therefore he saidto his servants,"See,Joab'sfieldis nextto mine, and he has barleythere;goand setit on fire."So Absalom'sservantssetthe fieldon fire.
And tenyoungmenwho carriedJoab'sarmorgatheredaroundand struckAbsalomand killedhim.
The kingchargedJoaband Abishaiand Ittai,saying,"[Deal] gentlyfor my sake with the youngmanAbsalom."And allthe peopleheardwhen the kingchargedallthe commandersconcerningAbsalom.
Then it was toldJoab,"Behold,the kingis weepingand mournsfor Absalom."
Then KingDavidsentto Zadokand Abiatharthe priests,saying,"Speakto the eldersof Judah,saying,'Whyare you the lastto bringthe kingbackto his house,since the wordof allIsraelhas cometo the king,[even] to his house?
That the triumphingof the wickedis short,And the joyof the godlessmomentary?
I have seena wicked,violentmanSpreadinghimself like a luxurianttreein its nativesoil.
Your arrowsare sharp;The peoplesfallunderYou; [Your arrows are] in the heartof the King'senemies.
for justas JONAHWAS THREEDAYSAND THREENIGHTSIN THE BELLYOF THE SEA MONSTER,sowill the Sonof Manbe threedaysand threenightsin the heartof the earth.
Whilethey are saying,"Peaceand safety!"thendestructionwill comeupon them suddenlylikelabor painsupon a woman with child,and they will not escape.
But Jael,Heber'swife,tooka tentpegand seizeda hammerin her hand,and wentsecretlyto him and drovethe peginto his temple,and it wentthroughinto the ground;for he was soundasleepand exhausted.So he died.
"She reachedout her handfor the tentpeg,And her righthandfor the workmen'shammer.Then she struckSisera,she smashedhis head;And she shatteredand piercedhis temple.
"Thuslet allYour enemiesperish,O LORD;But let those who loveHim be like the risingof the sunin its might."And the landwas undisturbedfor fortyyears.
