2 Samuel 18:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 18:10 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 21:6let 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.
  2. Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
  3. Galatians 3:13Christ 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.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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