When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!" Cross References Genesis 12:6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land. 2 Samuel 18:9 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. 2 Samuel 18:11 "You just saw him!" Joab exclaimed. "Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior's belt!" Treasury of Scripture And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. |
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