2 Samuel 18:9-11

EasyEnglish Bible

⁹ During the battle, Absalom was riding on his mule and he met some of David's soldiers. His mule carried him under a big oak tree. The tree's branches caught Absalom's hair so that he hung there above the ground. His mule ran off and left him there.

¹⁰ One of David's men saw what had happened. He told Joab, ‘I have seen Absalom. He is hanging from an oak tree.’

¹¹ Joab said to the man who told him the news, ‘You saw him there, did you? So why did you not kill him? I would have given you ten silver coins and a brave soldier's belt.’