2 Samuel 18:9

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2 Samuel 18:9

Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going.

2 Samuel 14:26

When he cut the hair of his head (and it was at the end of every year that he cut it, for it was heavy on him so he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at 200 shekels by the king’s weight.

Deuteronomy 21:23

his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is accursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 27:20

‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s skirt.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

2 Samuel 18:14

Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Job 18:8-10

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.

Job 31:3

“Is it not calamity to the unjust
And disaster to those who work iniquity?

Psalm 63:9-10

But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.

Proverbs 20:20

He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.

Jeremiah 48:44

“The one who flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught in the snare;
For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.

Matthew 27:5

And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’;

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—

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Summary

2 Samuel 18:9

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon 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.

His head

Taken up

Bible References

His head

Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

When he cut the hair of his head (and it was at the end of every year that he cut it, for it was heavy on him so he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at 200 shekels by the king’s weight.

Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and

set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

Taken up

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.

“Is it not calamity to the unjust
And disaster to those who work iniquity?

But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the

depths of the earth.

He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.

The eye that mocks a father
And

scorns a mother,

The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to

be put to death’;

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on

tree”—