2 Samuel 18:8-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸ The battle spread over the entire region, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.

Absalom’s Death

⁹ Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in midair.^{[a] 10} One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”