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2 Samuel 18:1 (show verse)
And the king numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and of hundreds over them.
2 Samuel 18:2 (show verse)
And he sent one part of them with Joab, and another part with Abishai the son of Zeruiah Joab's brother, and the third part with Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, "Shall I go with you?"
Abishai » Leads a division of david's army against absalom
Armies » Enumeration of israel's military forces
Armies » March in ranks » Move, in attack, in three divisions
the Armies of israel » Before going to war » Were numbered and reviewed
Ittai » Supports david against absalom
Ittai » Chief » Of david
Armies » Enumeration of israel's military forces
Armies » March in ranks » Move, in attack, in three divisions
the Armies of israel » Before going to war » Were numbered and reviewed
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2 Samuel 18:3 (show verse)
And the people answered, "Nay, for if we flee, our adversaries will not care for us: neither, though half of us were slain, shall they regard us. But thou were worth ten thousand of us. And therefore it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city."
2 Samuel 18:4 (show verse)
Then said the king, "What seemeth you best, that will I do." And the king stood up by the Gate's side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
2 Samuel 18:5 (show verse)
And the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, "Entreat me gently, my son Absalom." And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge over Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:6 (show verse)
And the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim:
2 Samuel 18:7 (show verse)
where the people of Israel were put to the worse before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day, even of twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel 18:8 (show verse)
And the field was fought in divers places, all abroad upon the earth. And the woods devoured more people that day than did the sword.
2 Samuel 18:9 (show verse)
And it chanced Absalom to come before the servants of David riding upon a mule which carried him under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught in the oak, and he was left between heaven and earth, and the mule that was under him went his way.
Absalom » Facts concerning » Comes to an untimely end
Absalom » Death and burial
Animals » Lions » Mules
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The handsome prince caught in a tree
Ephraim » Forest » East » Jordon river » Absalom » Killed
Gilead » Absalom » defeated
Mule » Uses of » For royal riders
Mules » Used for » Riding, by persons of distinction
Oak » Absalom hung in the boughs of
Oak Trees » Absalom in his flight intercepted by, and suspended from
Oak Trees » Described as » Thick spreading
Trees » Varieties » Oaks
Absalom » Death and burial
Animals » Lions » Mules
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The handsome prince caught in a tree
Ephraim » Forest » East » Jordon river » Absalom » Killed
Gilead » Absalom » defeated
Mule » Uses of » For royal riders
Mules » Used for » Riding, by persons of distinction
Oak » Absalom hung in the boughs of
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Oak Trees » Described as » Thick spreading
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2 Samuel 18:10 (show verse)
And one that saw it told Joab, saying, "Behold, I saw Absalom hang in an oak."
2 Samuel 18:11 (show verse)
And Joab said unto him that told him, "Lo, sawest thou him? And why didst thou not there smite him to the ground, that I should have given thee ten sicles of silver and a soldier's girdle?"
Absalom » Death and burial
the Armies of israel » Bravery and fidelity in, rewarded
the Armies of israel » Inferior officers of, appointed by » The captain of the host
military Arms » Defensive: » Girdle
Ephraim » Forest » East » Jordon river » Absalom » Killed
Girdles » Given as » A reward of military service
the Armies of israel » Bravery and fidelity in, rewarded
the Armies of israel » Inferior officers of, appointed by » The captain of the host
military Arms » Defensive: » Girdle
Ephraim » Forest » East » Jordon river » Absalom » Killed
Girdles » Given as » A reward of military service
2 Samuel 18:12 (show verse)
And the man answered Joab, "Though I had a thousand sicles of silver told in my hand yet would I not stretch out mine hand against the king's son. For we heard with our ears when the king charged thee, Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Spare me the lad Absalom.'
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2 Samuel 18:13 (show verse)
Moreover though I had jeoparded my life and done falsely thereto, yet could nought of all the matter have been hid from the king: yea, and thou thyself wouldest be against me."
2 Samuel 18:14 (show verse)
Then said Joab, "I may not stand tarrying with thee. And therewith he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive on the body of the tree.
2 Samuel 18:15 (show verse)
And ten servants that bare Joab's weapons, turned and smote Absalom and slew him.
2 Samuel 18:16 (show verse)
Then Joab blew a trumpet, and the people returned from following Israel: for Joab spared the people.
2 Samuel 18:17 (show verse)
And they took Absalom and cast him into a great pit that was in the wood, and cast a mighty great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled every man to his tent.
2 Samuel 18:18 (show verse)
And this Absalom, yet in his lifetime, took and reared up a pillar, which is yet in King's Dale. For he said, "I have no male child. And therefore, to keep my name in remembrance do I it." And he called the pillar after his own name. And it is called unto this day, Absalom's pillar.
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Pillar » By absalom, to keep his name alive
Pillars » Of memorial » To perpetuate names
memorial Pillars » Memorial
Shaveh » Absalom's pillar in
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2 Samuel 18:19 (show verse)
Then said Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, "Let me run I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath judged him quite of the hands of all his enemies."
2 Samuel 18:20 (show verse)
And Joab said unto him, "Thou art no man to bear tidings today. Thou shalt bear tidings another time: but today thou shalt bear none, because the king's son is dead.
2 Samuel 18:21 (show verse)
Then said Joab to Cushi, "Go and tell the king what thou hast seen." And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab and ran.
2 Samuel 18:22 (show verse)
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again to Joab, "Come what will, let me run, I pray thee, after Cushi." And Joab said, "Wherefore shouldest thou run my son? For and thou run thou gettest no reward." He answered, "Well, come what will; let me run."
2 Samuel 18:23 (show verse)
And he said unto him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by the plain and overran Cushi.
2 Samuel 18:24 (show verse)
And David sat between the two gates. And the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes and saw: and behold, there came a man running alone.
2 Samuel 18:25 (show verse)
And the watchman called and told the king. And the king said, "If he come alone, there is tidings in his mouth." And he came and drew nigh.
2 Samuel 18:26 (show verse)
And the watchman saw another man running, and called unto the porter and said, "Behold, there cometh another running alone." And the king answered, "He is also a tidings bringer."
2 Samuel 18:27 (show verse)
And the watchman said, "Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, "He is a good man and cometh with good tidings."
2 Samuel 18:28 (show verse)
And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, "Good tidings," and bowed himself to the earth upon his face before the king and said, "Blessed be the LORD thy God which hath shut up all the men that lifted up their hands against my Lord the king."
2 Samuel 18:29 (show verse)
And the king said, "Is the lad Absalom safe?" And Ahimaaz answered, "I saw a great ado, when the king's servant Joab sent me thy servant. But I know not what it was."
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2 Samuel 18:30 (show verse)
And the king said, "Turn and stand here." And he turned and stood.
2 Samuel 18:31 (show verse)
And behold, Cushi came and said, "Tidings, my lord the king: the LORD hath quite thee this day out of the hands of all that rose against thee."
2 Samuel 18:32 (show verse)
And the king said to Cushi, "Is the lad Absalom safe?" And Cushi answered, "The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise against thee, to have thee, be as thy lad is."
2 Samuel 18:33 (show verse)
And the king was moved and went up to a chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went thus he said, "My son Absalom, my son, my son, my son Absalom, would to God I had died for thee Absalom, my son, my son."
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