Thematic Bible: Absalom in his flight intercepted by, and suspended from

And Joab said, Not thus, may I tarry before thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absolom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Verse Concepts

Assassinations, CompletedHeart, HumanSpears

PiercingsThree Other Things

Now, when Absolom met the servants of David, Absolom, was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick branches of a large oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule that was under him passing on. And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, - and said - Lo! I saw Absolom suspended in an oak.