2 Samuel 18:9-11

Easy-to-Read Version

⁹ It so happened that David’s officers found Absalom. Absalom jumped on his mule and tried to escape, but the mule went under the branches of a large oak tree. The branches were thick, and Absalom’s head got caught in the tree. His mule ran out from under him, so Absalom was left hanging above the ground.^[a]

¹⁰ Someone saw this happen and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”

¹¹ Joab said to the man, “Why didn’t you kill him and let him fall to the ground? I would have given you a belt and ten pieces of silver!”