But later that same night, this message came to Nathan from the LORD:

Besides, who else should I be serving? Why not the son? The same way I served your father, I'll serve you."

"The very same Absalom we anointed to rule just died in battle"!" "Now then, why remain silent about bringing the king back"?"

Then he turned them over to the custody of the Gibeonites, who hanged them on the mountain in the presence of the LORD. All seven of them died at the same time. They were executed during the first days of harvest, just as the barley began to be gathered in.