2 Samuel 18:9

¶ And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away.

And Absalom {H53} met {H7122} the servants {H6440}{H5650} of David {H1732}. And Absalom {H53} rode {H7392} upon a mule {H6505}, and the mule {H6505} went {H935} under the thick boughs {H7730} of a great {H1419} oak {H424}, and his head {H7218} caught hold {H2388} of the oak {H424}, and he was taken up {H5414} between the heaven {H8064} and the earth {H776}; and the mule {H6505} that was under him went away {H5674}.

Avshalom happened to meet some of David's servants. Avshalom was riding his mule, and as the mule walked under the thick branches of a big terebinth tree, his head got caught in the terebinth, so that he was left hanging between earth and sky, as the mule went on from under him.

Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • 2 Samuel 14:26

    And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Job 31:3

    [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:

  • Job 18:8

    For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

  • Job 18:10

    The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Psalms 63:9

    But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Add TrulyRandomVerse to your Home Screen for quick access!

← Back