And Ab′salom chanced to meet the servants of David. Ab′salom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and 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 Ai′ah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field 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, and the Most High uttered his voice.