2 Samuel 18:8-10

Lexham English Bible

⁸ The battle there was spreading over the surface of all the land, and the forest devoured more among the army than^[a] the sword did on that day. ⁹ Absalom was found in the presence of the servants of David as he was riding on the mule. The mule went under the thicket of the great oak tree, and his head was caught in the tree. He was left hanging between heaven and earth, and the mule which was under him went on. ¹⁰ When a certain man saw it, he told Joab, and he said, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak tree!”