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2 Samuel 18:15 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him. "

2 Samuel 18:15

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13 Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”

14 Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the middle of the oak.

15 Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.

17 They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.

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2 Samuel 18:1

"David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them."

2 Samuel 18:2

"David sent the people out, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will also surely go out with you myself.”"

2 Samuel 18:3

"But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee away, they will not care for us, neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”"

2 Samuel 18:4

"The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands."

2 Samuel 18:5

"The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom."

2 Samuel 18:6

"So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim."

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