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2 Samuel 18
And
David
numbered
the
people
that
were
with
him,
and
set
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds
over
them.
2 And
David
sent
forth
a
third
part
of
the
people
under
the
hand
of
Joab,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
Joab's
brother,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Ittai
the
Gittite.
And
the
king
said
unto
the
people,
I
will
surely
go
forth
with
you
myself
also.
3 But
the
people
answered,
Thou
shalt
not
a
go
forth:
for
if
we
flee
away,
they
will
not
care
for
us;
neither
if
half
of
us
die,
will
they
care
for
us:
but
now
thou
art
worth
ten
thousand
of
us:
therefore
now
it
is
better
that
thou
b
succour
us
out
of
the
city.
4 And
the
king
said
unto
them,
What
seemeth
you
best
I
will
do.
And
the
king
stood
by
the
gate
side,
and
all
the
people
came
out
by
hundreds
and
by
thousands.
5 And
the
king
commanded
a
Joab
and
Abishai
and
Ittai,
saying,
b
Deal
gently
for
my
sake
with
the
young
man,
even
with
Absalom.
And
all
the
people
heard
when
the
king
gave
all
the
captains
charge
concerning
Absalom.
6 So
the
people
went
out
into
the
field
against
Israel:
and
the
battle
was
in
the
a
wood
of
Ephraim;
7 Where
the
people
of
Israel
were
slain
before
the
servants
of
David,
and
there
was
there
a
great
slaughter
that
day
of
twenty
thousand
men.
8 For
the
battle
was
there
scattered
over
the
face
of
all
the
country:
and
the
wood
devoured
more
people
that
day
than
the
sword
devoured.
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.
10 And
a
certain
man
saw
it,
and
told
Joab,
and
said,
Behold,
I
saw
Absalom
hanged
in
an
oak.
11 And
Joab
said
unto
the
man
that
told
him,
And,
behold,
thou
sawest
him,
and
why
didst
thou
not
smite
him
there
to
the
ground?
and
I
would
have
given
thee
ten
shekels
of
silver,
and
a
girdle.
12 And
the
man
said
unto
Joab,
Though
I
should
receive
a
thousand
shekels
of
silver
in
mine
hand,
yet
would
I
not
put
forth
mine
hand
against
the
king's
son:
for
in
our
hearing
the
king
a
charged
thee
and
Abishai
and
Ittai,
saying,
Beware
that
none
touch
the
young
man
Absalom.
13 Otherwise
I
should
have
wrought
falsehood
against
mine
own
life:
for
there
is
no
matter
hid
from
the
king,
and
thou
thyself
wouldest
have
set
thyself
against
me.
14 Then
said
Joab,
I
may
not
tarry
thus
with
thee.
And
he
took
three
darts
in
his
hand,
and
thrust
them
through
the
heart
of
Absalom,
while
he
was
yet
alive
in
the
midst
of
the
oak.
15 And
ten
young
men
that
bare
Joab's
armour
compassed
about
and
smote
Absalom,
and
slew
him.
16 And
Joab
blew
the
trumpet,
and
the
people
returned
from
pursuing
after
Israel:
for
Joab
held
back
the
people.
17 And
they
took
Absalom,
and
cast
him
into
a
great
pit
in
the
wood,
and
laid
a
very
great
heap
of
stones
upon
him:
and
all
Israel
fled
every
one
to
his
tent.
18 Now
Absalom
in
his
lifetime
had
taken
and
reared
up
for
himself
a
pillar,
which
is
in
the
a
king's
dale:
for
he
said,
I
have
no
b
son
to
keep
my
name
in
remembrance:
and
he
called
the
pillar
after
his
own
name:
and
it
is
called
unto
this
day,
Absalom's
c
place.
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