2 Samuel 18:10

When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

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KJV

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

ASV

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

YLT

And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'

DBT

And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.

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And a certain man saw it,.... Saw him in the above posture, one of David's soldiers: and told Joab, and said, behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak; caught by the neck in one, out of which he could not disengage himself, but there he hung, though alive.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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I saw Absalom hanged in an oak - He must have hung there a considerable time. this man saw him hanging; how long he had been hanging before he saw him, we cannot tell. He came and informed Joab; this must have taken up a considerable time. Joab went and pierced him through with three darts; this must have taken up still more time. It is therefore natural to conclude that his life must have been nearly gone after having been so long suspended, and probably was past recovery, even if Joab had taken him down.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Thus was he set up for a spectacle, as well as a mark, that the righteous might see him and laugh at him ( Ps. lii. 6 ), while he had this further vexation in his breast, that of all the friends he had courted and confided in, and thought he had sure in his interest, though he hung long enough to have been relieved, yet he had none at hand to disentangle him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
2 Samuel 21:6
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

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The Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign