2 Samuel 18:9

Listen to 2 Samuel 18:9
9 Absalom se trouva en prĂ©sence des gens de David. Il Ă©tait montĂ© sur un mulet. Le mulet pĂ©nĂ©tra sous les branches entrelacĂ©es d'un grand tĂ©rĂ©binthe, et la tĂȘte d'Absalom fut prise au tĂ©rĂ©binthe; il demeura suspendu entre le ciel et la terre, et le mulet qui Ă©tait sous lui passa outre.

2 Samuel 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 Samuel 18:9 In-Context

7 Là, le peuple d'Israël fut battu par les serviteurs de David, et il y eut en ce jour une grande défaite de vingt mille hommes.
8 Le combat s'Ă©tendit sur toute la contrĂ©e, et la forĂȘt dĂ©vora plus de peuple ce jour-lĂ  que l'Ă©pĂ©e n'en dĂ©vora.
9 Absalom se trouva en prĂ©sence des gens de David. Il Ă©tait montĂ© sur un mulet. Le mulet pĂ©nĂ©tra sous les branches entrelacĂ©es d'un grand tĂ©rĂ©binthe, et la tĂȘte d'Absalom fut prise au tĂ©rĂ©binthe; il demeura suspendu entre le ciel et la terre, et le mulet qui Ă©tait sous lui passa outre.
10 Un homme ayant vu cela vint dire à Joab: Voici, j'ai vu Absalom suspendu à un térébinthe.
11 Et Joab dit à l'homme qui lui apporta cette nouvelle: Tu l'as vu! pourquoi donc ne l'as-tu pas abattu sur place? Je t'aurais donné dix sicles d'argent et une ceinture.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.