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for they said, "The people are hungry, weary and thirsty in the desert." (2 Samuel 17, 29)
But the men replied, "You shall not go out. They could not care less if we flee or if half of us die. But you are worth ten thousand of us and it is better if you are able to send us assistance from the city." (2 Samuel 18, 3)
So the king said to them, "I will do whatever seems best to you." Then the king stood by the side of the gate while the entire army marched out by hundreds and by thousands. (2 Samuel 18, 4)
The army of David went out into the field against Israel. The battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim (2 Samuel 18, 6)
where the Israelites were defeated by the men of David. The slaughter there on that day was great, numbering twenty thousand men. (2 Samuel 18, 7)
The battle spread over the entire country and more people perished in the ravines of the forest than were killed by the sword that day. (2 Samuel 18, 8)
Absalom was riding a mule and happened to meet the guards of David. As the mule passed under the thick branches of a big oak tree, his head was caught in the oak tree and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule he was riding went its way. (2 Samuel 18, 9)
Joab said to the man who reported this, "What! You saw him but did not strike him at once? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt." (2 Samuel 18, 11)
But the man answered Joab, "Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not raise my hand against the king's son, for we heard the king command you, Abishai and Ittai: 'For my sake, spare the young man Absalom.' (2 Samuel 18, 12)
Joab blew the trumpet and the troops stopped pursuing the Israelites as Joab restrained them. (2 Samuel 18, 16)
They then took Absalom, threw him into a deep pit in the forest and covered him with a great heap of stones. In the meantime all the Israelites fled, each one to his own home. (2 Samuel 18, 17)
Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, "Let me run and report to the king that Yahweh has delivered him from the power of his enemies." (2 Samuel 18, 19)
