And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak,[a] (A)and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:9 Or terebinth; also verses 10, 14

Now Absalom happened to meet David’s men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s hair(A) got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.

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26 And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he (A)cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels[a] by the king's weight.

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:26 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

26 Whenever he cut the hair of his head(A)—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels[a] by the royal standard.

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:26 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms

17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
    and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

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17 “The eye that mocks(A) a father,
    that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
    will be eaten by the vultures.(B)

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Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
    and disaster for the workers of iniquity?

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Is it not ruin(A) for the wicked,
    disaster(B) for those who do wrong?(C)

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13 Christ (A)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (B)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (C)on a tree”—

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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law(A) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[a](B)

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  1. Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23

10 For Moses said, (A)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (B)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

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10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[a](A) and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](B)

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  1. Mark 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
  2. Mark 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9

44 He who flees from the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
(A)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
    the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

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44 “Whoever flees(A) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year(B) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

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20 (A)If one curses his father or his mother,
    (B)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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20 If someone curses their father or mother,(A)
    their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.(B)

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But those who seek to destroy my life
    (A)shall go down into (B)the depths of the earth;
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
    they shall be a portion for jackals.

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Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;(A)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.(B)
10 They will be given over to the sword(C)
    and become food for jackals.(D)

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For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
    and he walks on its mesh.
(A)A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare lays hold of him.
10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground,
    a trap for him in the path.

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His feet thrust him into a net;(A)
    he wanders into its mesh.
A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare(B) holds him fast.(C)
10 A noose(D) is hidden for him on the ground;
    a trap(E) lies in his path.(F)

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14 Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” And he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.

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14 Joab(A) said, “I’m not going to wait like this for you.” So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom’s heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree.

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice(A) had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order(B) and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

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20 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has (B)uncovered his father's nakedness.’[a] And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 27:20 Hebrew uncovered his father's skirt

20 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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