2 Samuel 18:9
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Context
7There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men. 8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword. 9Now 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. 10When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!” 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!”
English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.