2 Samuel 18:10
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.In other versions
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
ASV
And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.
BBE
And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.
DBY
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
WEB
And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
YLT
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
ENG
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
WBT
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
BSB
In context
8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9And 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.
10And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
11And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
People in this verse
- Joab
- Absalom