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Absalom Killed

2 Samuel 18:10

In 11 translations

BSB
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
KJV
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
WEB
A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
ASV
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
LSV
And one man sees, and declares [it] to Joab, and says, “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.'
DBY
And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.
DRC
And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.
GNV
And one that sawe it, tolde Ioab, saying, Beholde, I sawe Absalom hanged in an oke.
JPS
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.'
LXXE
And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Abessalom hanging in an oak.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּרְא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְיוֹאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם תָּל֖וּי בָּאֵלָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶδεν ἀνὴρ εἷς, καὶ ἀνήγγειλε τῷ Ἰωὰβ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ ἑώρακα τὸν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ κρεμάμενον ἐν τῇ δρυΐ.

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👤 Absalom👤 Joab◆ Reign of David

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