Translations
Modern
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
Traditional
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
Literal
And a man saw it and told Joab, and he said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”
Latin
Vidit autem hoc quispiam, et nuntiavit Joab, dicens: Vidi Absalom pendere de quercu.
Original
Hebrew
English
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
Notes
Events
People
Absalom: David's rebellious son who tried to usurp the throne Joab: Son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army
Glossary
Abishai Absalom David Ephraim, Tribe of Gilead (Place) Joab Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Absalom: Death and Burial Ephraim: A Forest East of the Jordan River: Absalom Killed In The Death of the Wicked: Absalom The Oak-Tree: Absalom in his Flight Intercepted By, and Suspended From