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15 Then ten young men who were Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck and finished him off. 16 Then Joab blew the shofar and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the troops. 17 They took Absalom and threw him into a deep pit in the forest and piled over him a very large heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.

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