Thematic Bible: Oak
Thematic Bible
Oak » Absalom hung in the boughs of
Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in midair.
Verse Concepts
Joab said, “I’m not going to waste time with you!” He then took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the oak tree,
Verse Concepts
Oak » Deborah » buried under
Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah, died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Oak of Weeping.
Oak » Grew in palestine
Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem.
Verse Concepts
Oak » Figurative
his height
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit
Trees » Varieties » Oak
whose leaves are withered,
and like a garden without water.