2 Samuel 18:14

14 Então disse Joabe: Não posso demorar-me assim contigo aqui. E tomou na mão três dardos, e traspassou com eles o coração de Absalão, estando ele ainda vivo no meio do carvalho.

2 Samuel 18:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:14

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee
It is not worth while to talk with thee any longer, nor must I lose time, and neglect my opportunity; I do not desire you to go and smite him, I will go and do it myself:

and he took three darts in his hand;
or three rods, which were either all iron, or however the tops of them were iron spikes:

and thrust them through the heart of Absalom;
or through the midst of his body; for if he had thrust through his heart, properly speaking, he must have died instantly, whereas he seems to have lived after this:

while he [was] yet alive;
Joab found him alive when he came to him, and so he was when he thrust his darts through him; and so he was afterward; for the words may be rendered, "being yet alive", even after the darts were fixed in him, and even so deeply as to pierce through his body:

in the midst,
or "heart",

of the oak;
into which the darts penetrated.

2 Samuel 18:14 In-Context

12 Respondeu, porém, o homem a Joabe: Ainda que eu pudesse pesar nas minhas mãos mil siclos de prata, não estenderia a mão contra o filho do rei; pois bem ouvimos que o rei deu ordem a ti, e a Abisai, e a Itai, dizendo: Guardai-vos, cada um, de tocar no mancebo Absalão.

13 E se eu tivesse procedido falsamente contra a sua vida, coisa nenhuma se esconderia ao rei, e tu mesmo te oporias a mim:

14 Então disse Joabe: Não posso demorar-me assim contigo aqui. E tomou na mão três dardos, e traspassou com eles o coração de Absalão, estando ele ainda vivo no meio do carvalho.

15 E o cercaram dez mancebos, que levavam as armas de Joabe; e feriram a Absalão, e o mataram.

16 Então tocou Joabe a buzina, e o povo voltou de perseguir a Israel; porque Joabe deteve o povo.