2Samuel:18:1-18
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2Samuel:18:1 @
And David numbered the people that were with him ,
and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them .
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2Samuel:18:2 @
And 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 .
And the king said unto the people ,
I will surely go forth with you myself also .
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2Samuel:18:3 @
But the people said ,
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 thou art worth ten thousand of us ;
therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city .
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2Samuel: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 went out by hundreds and by thousands .
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2Samuel: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 .
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2Samuel:18:6 @
So the people went out into the field against Israel :
and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim .
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2Samuel:18:7 @
And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David ,
and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men .
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2Samuel:18:8 @
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country ;
and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured .
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2Samuel:18:9 @
And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David .
And Absalom was riding upon 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 heaven and earth ;
and the mule that was under him went on .
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2Samuel:18:10 @
And a certain man saw it ,
and told Joab ,
and said ,
Behold ,
I saw Absalom hanging in an oak .
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2Samuel:18:11 @
And Joab said unto the man that told him ,
And ,
behold ,
thou sawest it ,
and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground ?
and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver ,
and a girdle .
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2Samuel:18:12 @
And the man said unto Joab ,
Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand ,
yet would I not put forth my 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 .
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2Samuel:18:13 @
Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (
and there is no matter hid from the king ),
then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me .
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2Samuel: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 .
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2Samuel:18:15 @
And ten young men that bare Joab '
s armor compassed about and smote Absalom ,
and slew him .
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2Samuel:18:16 @
And Joab blew the trumpet ,
and the people returned from pursuing after Israel ;
for Joab held back the people .
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2Samuel:18:17 @
And they took Absalom ,
and cast him into the great pit in the forest ,
and raised over him a very great heap of stones :
and all Israel fled every one to his tent .
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2Samuel:18:18 @
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 remembrance :
and he called the pillar after his own name ;
and it is called Absalom '
s monument ,
unto this day .
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