15 And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him.

16 Then (A)Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people. 17 And they took Absalom and threw him into [a]a deep pit in the forest, and (B)erected over him a very large pile of stones. And (C)all Israel fled, each to his own tent.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:17 Lit the great

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