14 Et Joab répondit: Je n'attendrai pas tant devant toi! Et, ayant pris trois dards en sa main, il les enfonça dans le cœur d'Absalom, qui était encore vivant au milieu du chêne.
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Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this for you.” So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom’s heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree.
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