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2SA-18:1 And David numbered the people that [were] with him, and
set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2SA-18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under
the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the
son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand
of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will
surely go forth with you myself also.
2SA-18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for
if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of
us die, will they care for us: but now [thou art] worth ten
thousand of us: therefore now [it is] better that thou succour
us out of the city.
2SA-18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I
will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people
came out by hundreds and by thousands.
2SA-18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai,
saying, [Deal] gently for my sake with the young man, [even]
with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all
the captains charge concerning Absalom.
2SA-18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel:
and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
2SA-18:7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the
servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that
day of twenty thousand [men].
2SA-18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all
the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the
sword devoured.
2SA-18:9 And 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.
2SA-18:10 And a certain man saw [it], and told Joab, and said,
Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
2SA-18:11 And 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.
2SA-18:12 And 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.
2SA-18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine
own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou
thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me].
2SA-18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he
took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart
of Absalom, while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.
2SA-18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed
about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
2SA-18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned
from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
2SA-18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit
in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and
all Israel fled every one to his tent.
2SA-18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up
for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for he said,
I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the
pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day,
Absalom's place.
2SA-18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run,
and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of
his enemies.
2SA-18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings
this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day
thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
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