2 Samuel 18:9-11

Expanded Bible

Absalom Dies

⁹ Then Absalom happened to ·meet [run into; come upon] David’s ·troops [^Lservants]. As Absalom was riding his mule, it went under the thick branches of a large oak tree. Absalom’s head got caught in the tree, and his mule ran out from under him. So Absalom was left hanging ·above the ground [^Lbetween heaven and earth].

¹⁰ When one of the men saw it happen, he told Joab, “I saw Absalom ·hanging [dangling] in an oak tree!”

¹¹ Joab said to him, “You saw him? Why didn’t you ·kill him and let him fall to [^Lstrike him to] the ground? I would have given you a belt and ·four ounces [^Lten pieces] of silver!”