2 Samuel 18:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷ David’s army defeated the Israelites. It was a great defeat because 20,000 men were killed that day. ⁸ The battle spread throughout the country, but more men died in the forest than by the sword.

⁹ It so happened that David’s officers found Absalom. Absalom jumped on his mule and tried to escape, but the mule went under the branches of a large oak tree. The branches were thick, and Absalom’s head got caught in the tree. His mule ran out from under him, so Absalom was left hanging above the ground.^[a]