Verse 9
2 Samuel 18:9
Young's Literal Translation
9
And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that [is] under him hath passed on.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקָּרֵא֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם לִ/פְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד וְ/אַבְשָׁל֞וֹם רֹכֵ֣ב עַל הַ/פֶּ֗רֶד וַ/יָּבֹ֣א הַ/פֶּ֡רֶד תַּ֣חַת שׂוֹבֶךְ֩ הָ/אֵלָ֨ה הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֜ה וַ/יֶּחֱזַ֧ק רֹאשׁ֣/וֹ בָ/אֵלָ֗ה וַ/יֻּתַּן֙ בֵּ֤ין הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וּ/בֵ֣ין הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/הַ/פֶּ֥רֶד אֲשֶׁר תַּחְתָּ֖י/ו עָבָֽר
English Translation
And Absalom called out to the servants of David, and Absalom was riding on the donkey. And the donkey came under the great oak, and he caught hold of his head in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, and the donkey that was under him passed by.
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Chapter 18 Context
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and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai,...
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And the people say, 'Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set [their] heart upo...
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And the king saith unto them, 'That which is good in your eyes I do;' and the king standeth at the s...
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and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, 'Gently -- for me, for the youth, for Ab...
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And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;
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and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is gr...
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and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devou...
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And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule co...
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And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, 'Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
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And Joab saith to the man who is declaring [it] to him, 'And lo, thou hast seen -- and wherefore did...
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And the man saith unto Joab, 'Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not...
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or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou -- thou dos...
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And Joab saith, 'Not right -- I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and strik...
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And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death.
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And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab ha...
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and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very grea...
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And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that [is] in the...
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And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, 'Let me run, I pray thee, and I bear the king tidings, for Jehovah ha...
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and Joab saith to him, 'Thou art not a man of tidings this day, but thou hast borne tidings on anoth...
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And Joab saith to Cushi, 'Go, declare to the king that which thou hast seen;' and Cushi boweth himse...
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And Ahimaaz son of Zadok addeth again, and saith unto Joab, 'And whatever it be, let me run, I pray...
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'And, whatever it be, [said he,] let me run.' And he saith to him, 'Run;' and Ahimaaz runneth the wa...
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And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto t...
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And the watchman calleth, and declareth to the king, and the king saith, 'If by himself, tidings [ar...
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And the watchman seeth another man running, and the watchman calleth unto the gatekeeper, and saith,...
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And the watchman saith, 'I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.' And...
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And Ahimaaz calleth and saith unto the king, 'Peace;' and he boweth himself to the king, on his face...
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And the king saith, 'Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And Ahimaaz saith, 'I saw the great multitud...
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And the king saith, 'Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.
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And lo, the Cushite hath come, and the Cushite saith, 'Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; f...
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And the king saith unto the Cushite, 'Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And the Cushite saith, 'Let...
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And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath...
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