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. His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.

Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it on a rock for herself, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell on them from the heavens; she did not allow the birds of the air to come on the bodies by day, or the wild animals by night.

Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

The Lord thundered from heaven; the Most High uttered his voice.