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2 Samuel 18:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 18:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 The men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. 8 The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest claimed more victims that day than the sword.
9 Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging[a] between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.(A)
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- 18.9 Gk Syr Tg: Heb was put
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