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13 If I had acted irresponsibly with my life[a]—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would not have stood by me.”

14 Joab said, “I will not waste time with you like this.” He took three small spears in his hand, and he hurled them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the middle of the terebinth tree. 15 Ten young men, the ones carrying Joab’s armor and weapons, surrounded Absalom and struck and killed him.

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:13 Alternate Hebrew reading his life