2 Samuel 18:4-13

4And the kingH4428 saidH559 unto them, What seemeth you bestH3190 I will do. And the kingH4428 stoodH5975 by the gate-side, and all the peopleH5971 wentH3381 out by hundredsH3967 and by thousandsH505. 5And the kingH4428 commandedH6680 JoabH3097 and AbishaiH52 and IttaiH863, sayingH559, Deal gently for my sake with the youngH5288 manH5288, even with AbsalomH53. And all the peopleH5971 heardH8085 when the kingH4428 gave all the captains charge concerning AbsalomH53.

6So the peopleH5971 wentH3318 out into the fieldH7704 against IsraelH3478: and the battleH4421 wasH1961 in the forestH3293 of EphraimH669. 7And the peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478 wereH1961 smitten there before the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732, and there wasH1961 a greatH1419 slaughterH4046 there that dayH3117 of twentyH6242 thousandH505 men. 8For the battleH4421 wasH1961 there spread over the faceH6440 of all the country; and the forestH3293 devouredH398 more peopleH5971 that dayH3117 than the swordH2719 devouredH398.

9And AbsalomH53 chanced to meetH7122 the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732. And AbsalomH53 was ridingH7392 upon his muleH6505, and the muleH6505 wentH935 under the thick boughs of a greatH1419 oakH424, and his headH7218 caught holdH2388 of the oakH424, and he was takenH2388 up between heavenH8064 and earthH776; and the muleH6505 that was under him wentH935 on. 10And a certain manH376 sawH7200 it, and toldH5046 JoabH3097, and saidH559, Behold, I sawH7200 AbsalomH53 hangingH8518 in an oakH424. 11And JoabH3097 saidH559 unto the manH376 that toldH5046 him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and whyH4069 didst thou not smite him there to the groundH776? and I would have givenH5414 thee tenH6235 pieces of silverH3701, and a girdle. 12And the manH376 saidH559 unto JoabH3097, Though I should receive a thousandH505 pieces of silverH3701 in my handH3027, yet would I not put forthH7971 my handH3027 against the king’sH4428 sonH1121: for in our hearing the kingH4428 charged thee and AbishaiH52 and IttaiH863, sayingH559, Beware that none touch the youngH5288 manH376 AbsalomH53. 13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his lifeH5315 (and there is no matterH1697 hid from the kingH4428), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.