2 Samuel 18:10

10 When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”

2 Samuel 18:10 in Other Translations

10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

10 And a certain man saw it and told Joab, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."

10 One of David’s men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”

10 A solitary soldier saw him and reported it to Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree!"

10 One of the men saw [him] and informed Joab. He said, "I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!"

2 Samuel 18:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:10

And a certain man saw [it]
Saw him in the above posture, one of David's soldiers:

and told Joab, and said, behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak;
caught by the neck in one, out of which he could not disengage himself, but there he hung, though alive.

2 Samuel 18:10 In-Context

8 The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.

9 Now Absalom happened to meet David’s men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s hair got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.

10 When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”

11 Joab said to the man who had told him this, “What! You saw him? Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt.”

12 But the man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake. ’