2 Samuel 18:13-15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹³ Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?

¹⁴ And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,

¹⁵ Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.