II Samuel 18 Absalom is suspended from a tree and Joab kills him

 II Samuel 18

Absalom is suspended from a tree and Joab kills him

9 And Absalom met with the servants of David; and Absalom was riding on a mule; and; As the mule entered under the thick branches of a great oak, his head caught on the oak, and it hung between heaven and earth: and the mule, who was under him, passed on.

10 When a man saw, he told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging from an oak.

11 Then Joab said to the man who had told him, "Since you saw him, why didn't you smite him right there on the ground?" And I would have to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.

12 But the man said to Joab, Even if I could weigh a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not stretch out my hand against the king's son, for we have heard that the king commanded you, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Take heed, every one of you, from touching the young man, Absalom.

13 Even if I spoke a lie at the risk of my life, I would not hide anything from the king; and you yourself would oppose.

14 Then said Joab, I will not tarry thus with thee here. And he took three darts, and pierced Absalom's heart with them, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

15 And ten young men, bearing Joab's weapons, surrounded him. And they smote Absalom and slew him.

16 Then Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the people.

17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into the forest, into a great pit, and heaved a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled, every man to his tent.

18 Now Absalom, when he was yet alive, had taken and set up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. And he called that column by its own name; therefore it is called the Pillar of Absalom to this day.