Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair. Cross References 2 Samuel 13:29 So Absalom's young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule. 2 Samuel 14:26 And when he cut the hair of his head--he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy--he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard. 2 Samuel 18:8 The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword. 2 Samuel 18:10 When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!" Treasury of Scripture And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on 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. 2 Samuel 18:14 2 Samuel 14:26 2 Samuel 17:23 taken up Deuteronomy 21:23 Deuteronomy 27:16,20 Job 18:8-10 |