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2 Samuele 18:9

Listen to 2 Samuele 18:9
9 Ed Absalom s’incontrò nella gente di Davide. Or egli cavalcava un mulo, e il mulo entrò sotto il folto di una gran quercia, e il capo di Absalom si appese alla quercia, ed egli restò sospeso fra cielo e terra; e il mulo, ch’egli avea sotto di sè, passò oltre.

2 Samuele 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:9

And Absalom met the servants of David
When his army was routed, he was in such a fright that he knew not which way to flee, and instead of flying from David's men, he fled in the way of them; but none of them attempted to slay him, nor even to stop him, but let him pass by them, knowing David's charge concerning him:

and Absalom rode upon a mule;
as was common for great personages to do in those days, ( 2 Samuel 13:29 ) ;

and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak;
and running full speed, Absalom could not guide him, nor stop, nor divert him from going under it:

and his head caught hold of the oak;
either the hair of his head was twisted and entangled in the thick boughs of the oak; or rather his head was jammed into a forked branch of the oak:

and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth;
hung in the air between both, as unworthy to live in either:

and the mule that [was] under him went away;
and left him hanging in the oak.

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2 Samuele 18:9 In-Context

7 E quivi fu sconfitto il popolo d’Israele dalla gente di Davide; e in quel dì la sconfitta fu grande in quel luogo, cioè, di ventimila uomini.
8 E la battaglia si sparse quivi per tutto il paese; e la selva consumò in quel giorno del popolo assai più che la spada non ne avea consumato.
9 Ed Absalom s’incontrò nella gente di Davide. Or egli cavalcava un mulo, e il mulo entrò sotto il folto di una gran quercia, e il capo di Absalom si appese alla quercia, ed egli restò sospeso fra cielo e terra; e il mulo, ch’egli avea sotto di sè, passò oltre.
10 Ed un uomo lo vide, e lo rapportò a Ioab, e disse: Ecco, io ho veduto Absalom appeso ad una quercia.
11 E Ioab disse a colui che gli rapportava questo: Ecco, poichè tu l’hai veduto, perchè non l’hai percosso, e messo per terra in quel luogo stesso? e a me sarebbe stato il darti dieci sicli d’argento e una cintura. Ma quell’uomo disse a Ioab:
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