2 Samuel 18:7-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁷ There David’s men defeated Israel’s army, and the massacre was sizable that day—20,000 men. ⁸ The fighting spread over the whole country. That day the woods devoured more people than the battle.

⁹ Absalom happened to come face to face with some of David’s men. He was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the tangled branches of a large tree. Absalom’s head became caught in the tree. So he was left hanging ^[a] in midair when the mule that was under him ran away.