The servants of Avshalom did to Amnon as Avshalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled.
2 Samuel 18:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Avshalom happened to meet the servants of David. Avshalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Absalom [unavoidably] met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and Absalom's head caught fast [in a fork] of the oak; and the mule under him ran away, leaving him hanging between the heavens and the earth. American Standard Version (1901) And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on. Common English Bible Absalom came upon some of David’s men. Absalom was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree. Absalom’s head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair while the mule under him kept on going. Catholic Public Domain Version Then it happened that Absalom, riding on a mule, met the servants of David. And when the mule had entered under a thick and large oak tree, his head became trapped in the oak. And while he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule on which he had been sitting continued on. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule. And as the mule went under a thick and large oak his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and he earth the mule on which he rode passed on. |
The servants of Avshalom did to Amnon as Avshalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled.
When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
When Achitofel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
A certain man saw it, and told Yo'av, and said, Behold, I saw Avshalom hanging in an oak.
Then said Yo'av, I may not wait thus with you. He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Avshalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
*The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Mo'av, the year of their visitation, says the LORD.
He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
For Moshe said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, *Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,*
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don't defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amein.
Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amein.