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David reviewed the troops who were with him and appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds to lead them. (2 Samuel 18, 1)
David divided the army into three groups, one under the command of Joab, another under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and the third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. David then said to the troops, 'I shall take the field in person with you.' (2 Samuel 18, 2)
David said, 'I will do what you think best.' And the king stood beside the gate as the troops marched out by their hundreds and their thousands. (2 Samuel 18, 4)
There, the army of Israel was beaten by David's retainers; it was a great defeat that day, with twenty thousand casualties. (2 Samuel 18, 7)
The fighting spread throughout the region and that day the forest claimed more victims than the sword. (2 Samuel 18, 8)
Absalom happened to run into some of David's guards. Absalom was riding his mule and the mule passed under the thick branches of a great oak. Absalom's head got caught in the oak and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule he was riding went on. (2 Samuel 18, 9)
Joab then said, 'I cannot waste time arguing with you!' And, taking three darts in his hand, he planted them in Absalom's heart, while he was still alive, deep in the oak-tree. (2 Samuel 18, 14)
Now, during his lifetime, Absalom had made and erected a pillar to himself, which is in the Valley of the King. 'I have no son', he said, 'to preserve the memory of my name.' He gave his own name to the pillar, and today it is still called Absalom's Monument. (2 Samuel 18, 18)
But Joab said, 'Today you would be no bearer of good news, some other day you may be; but today you would not be bringing good news, since the king's son is dead.' (2 Samuel 18, 20)
David was sitting between the two gates. The sentry, having gone up to the roof of the gate, looked out from the ramparts and saw a man running alone. (2 Samuel 18, 24)
As the man drew steadily nearer, the lookout man saw another man running, and the sentry above the gate shouted, 'Here comes another man, running alone!' David said, 'He too is a bearer of good news.' (2 Samuel 18, 26)
Then the Cushite arrived. 'Good news for my lord the king!' the Cushite shouted. 'Today Yahweh has vindicated your cause, by ridding you of all who had risen up against you.' (2 Samuel 18, 31)
