2 Samuel 18:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Absalom unexpectedly came up against David’s servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large oak tree, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule under him kept going.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

When the attendants did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded, all the king’s other sons rose up, mounted their mules, and fled.

2 Samuel 14:26

When he shaved his head—as he used to do at the end of every year, because his hair became too heavy for him—the hair weighed two hundred shekels according to the royal standard.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not acted upon, he saddled his donkey and departed, going to his home in his own city. Then, having left orders concerning his household, he hanged himself. And so he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 18:10

Someone saw this and reported to Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree.”

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab replied, “I will not waste time with you in this way.” And taking three pikes in hand, he thrust for the heart of Absalom. He was still alive in the tree.

2 Samuel 18:8

The battle spread out over that entire region, and the forest consumed more combatants that day than did the sword. Death of Absalom.

Job 31:3

Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and woe for evildoers?

Proverbs 20:20

Those who curse father or mother— their lamp will go out in the dead of night.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father, or scorns the homage due a mother, Will be plucked out by brook ravens; devoured by a brood of vultures.

Jeremiah 48:44

Those fleeing the terror fall into the pit; Those climbing out of the pit are caught in the trap; Ah, yes! I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment—oracle of the Lord.

Matthew 27:5

Flinging the money into the temple, he departed and went off and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.’

Galatians 3:13

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree,”

Deuteronomy 21:23

his corpse shall not remain on the tree overnight. You must bury it the same day; anyone who is hanged is a curse of God. You shall not defile the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”

Deuteronomy 27:20

“Cursed be anyone who has relations with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”