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David numbered the people who were with him ,
and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them .
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David sent forth the people ,
a third part 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 .
The king said to the people , "
I will surely go forth with you myself also ."
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But the people said , "
You shall 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 you are worth ten thousand of us .
Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city ."
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The king said to them , "
I will do what seems best to you ."
The king stood beside the gate ,
and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands .
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The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai ,
saying , "
Deal gently for my sake with the young man ,
even with Absalom ."
All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom .
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So the people went out into the field against Israel :
and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim .
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The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David ,
and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men .
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For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country ;
and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured .
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Absalom happened to meet the servants of David .
Absalom was riding on his 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 sky and earth ;
and the mule that was under him went on .
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A certain man saw it ,
and told Joab ,
and said , "
Behold ,
I saw Absalom hanging in an oak ."
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Joab said to the man who told him , "
Behold ,
you saw it ,
and why didn '
t you strike him there to the ground ?
I would have given you ten pieces of silver ,
and a sash ."
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The man said to Joab , "
Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand ,
I still wouldn '
t put forth my hand against the king '
s son ;
for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai ,
saying , '
Beware that none touch the young man Absalom .'
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Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (
and there is no matter hidden from the king ),
then you yourself would have set yourself against me ."
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Then Joab said , "
I '
m not going to wait like this with you ."
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 .
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Ten young men who bore Joab '
s armor surrounded and struck Absalom ,
and killed him .
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Joab blew the trumpet ,
and the people returned from pursuing after Israel ;
for Joab held back the people .
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They took Absalom ,
and cast him into the great pit in the forest ,
and raised over him a very great heap of stones .
Then all Israel fled everyone to his tent .
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Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar ,
which is in the king '
s dale ;
for he said , "
I have no son to keep my name in memory ."
He called the pillar after his own name ;
and it is called Absalom '
s monument ,
to this day .