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one third, under the command of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third, under the command of Ittai, the Gittite. Then the king said to the men, "I myself will go out with you." (2 Samuel 18, 2)
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 king ordered Joab, Abishai and Ittai, "Don't hurt the young man Absalom for my sake." All the army heard the king giving orders to all the commanders concerning Absalom. (2 Samuel 18, 5)
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)
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)
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)
If I had not done my duty, the king would come to know about it and you yourself would have kept your distance." (2 Samuel 18, 13)
During his lifetime Absalom had a memorial created for himself in the king's Valley for he said, "I have no son by whom my name may be remembered." He called the pillar after his own name and, to this day, it is called Absalom's monument. (2 Samuel 18, 18)
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)
But Joab said to him, "Today you would not be a bearer of good news; another day you will run, but today there is no good news because the king's son is dead." (2 Samuel 18, 20)
Joab then said to a Cushite, "Go tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed before Joab and ran. (2 Samuel 18, 21)
