2 Samuel 18:7-9

New English Translation

⁷ The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men.^[a] The slaughter there was great that day—20,000 soldiers were killed. ⁸ The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

⁹ Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his^[b] mule, it^[c] went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair,^[d] while the mule he had been riding kept going.