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2 Samuel 18:10
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
King James Version
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
World English Bible
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
American Standard Version
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
Geneva Bible 1599
And one that sawe it, tolde Ioab, saying, Beholde, I sawe Absalom hanged in an oke.
Darby Translation
And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.
Young's Literal Translation
And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, 'Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
Bible in Basic English
And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.
9Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
11“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
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