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2 Samuele 18:9

Listen to 2 Samuele 18:9
9 E Absalom s’imbatté nella gente di Davide. Absalom cavalcava il suo mulo; il mulo entrò sotto i rami intrecciati di un gran terebinto, e il capo di Absalom s’impigliò nel terebinto, talché egli rimase sospeso fra cielo e terra; mentre il mulo, ch’era sotto di lui, passava 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 il popolo d’Israele fu quivi sconfitto dalla gente di Davide; e la strage ivi fu grande in quel giorno, caddero ventimila uomini.
8 La battaglia si estese su tutta la contrada; e la foresta divorò in quel giorno assai più gente di quella che non avesse divorato la spada.
9 E Absalom s’imbatté nella gente di Davide. Absalom cavalcava il suo mulo; il mulo entrò sotto i rami intrecciati di un gran terebinto, e il capo di Absalom s’impigliò nel terebinto, talché egli rimase sospeso fra cielo e terra; mentre il mulo, ch’era sotto di lui, passava oltre.
10 Un uomo vide questo, e lo venne a riferire a Joab, dicendo: "Ho veduto Absalom appeso a un terebinto".
11 Joab rispose all’uomo che gli recava la nuova: "Come! tu l’hai visto? E perché non l’hai tu, sul posto, steso morto al suolo? Io non avrei mancato di darti dieci sicli d’argento e una cintura".
The Riveduta Bible is in the public domain.

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