13 If I had done it, it had been [a]the danger of my life: for nothing can be hid from the King: yea, thou thyself wouldest have been against me.

14 Then said Joab, I will not thus tarry with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them [b]through Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

15 And ten servants that bare Joab’s armor, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:13 Hebrew, a lie against my soul.
  2. 2 Samuel 18:14 Hebrew, in the heart of Absalom.

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