2 Samuel 18:9 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 18:9

7 The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day.

8 For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

9 Then Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule. The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and ^ahis head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between heaven and earth. And the mule which was under him went on.

10 Now a certain man saw it and told Joab, and said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth tree!”

11 So Joab said to the man who told him, “You just saw him! And why did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt.”

12 But the man said to Joab, “Though I were to receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. ^aFor in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware lest anyone touch the young man Absalom!’

13 Otherwise I would have dealt falsely against my own life. For there is nothing hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.”

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Topical Studies for 2 Samuel 18:9:

Absalom {Forerunner Commentary}
Absalom {Nave's Topical Bible}

David {Forerunner Commentary}
David {Nave's Topical Bible}

Earth {Nave's Topical Bible}

Hanging {Nave's Topical Bible}

Head {Nave's Topical Bible}
Head {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Heaven {Forerunner Commentary}
Heaven {Nave's Topical Bible}
Heaven {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Mule {Nave's Topical Bible}

On {Nave's Topical Bible}

So {Nave's Topical Bible}

Tree {Nave's Topical Bible}

Servants {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

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