2 Samuel 18:17

17 E tomaram a Absalão e, lançando-o numa grande cova no bosque, levantaram sobre ele mui grande montão de pedras. E todo o Israel fugiu, cada um para a sua tenda.

2 Samuel 18:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:17

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the
wood
In the wood of Ephraim, near to which the battle was fought, and into which Absalom fled, and where he was slain:

and laid a very great heap of stones upon him:
his punishment was very exemplary; he was first hanged on an oak, and then thrust through with darts, and swords, and then covered with stones, ( 2 Samuel 18:9 2 Samuel 18:14 2 Samuel 18:15 ) , pointing to the death that a rebellious son, according to the law, ought to die, ( Deuteronomy 21:21 ) ; though this might be done in honour of him as a king's son; for such "tumuli", or heaps of stones or earth, were used by the ancients as sepulchral monuments, and the larger the more honourable ^F14; (See Gill on Joshua 7:26) and (See Gill on Joshua 8:29);

and all Israel fled everyone to his tent;
or to his city, as the Targum; everyone returned to their own house, and to their own business, and so the rebellion ceased.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Homer. Iliad. 23. ver. 245, 257.

2 Samuel 18:17 In-Context

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.

17 E tomaram a Absalão e, lançando-o numa grande cova no bosque, levantaram sobre ele mui grande montão de pedras. E todo o Israel fugiu, cada um para a sua tenda.

18 Ora, Absalão, quando ainda vivia, tinha feito levantar para si a coluna que está no vale do rei; pois dizia: Nenhum filho tenho para conservar a memoria o meu nome. E deu o seu próprio nome �quela coluna, a qual até o dia de hoje se chama o Pilar de Absalão.

19 Então disse Aimaaz, filho de Zadoque: Deixa-me correr, e anunciarei ao rei que o Senhor o vingou a mão e seus inimigos.