2 Samuel 18:4-13

4And the kingH4428 saidH559 to them, What seemethH5869 to you bestH3190 I will doH6213. And the kingH4428 stoodH5975 by the gateH8179 sideH3027, and all the peopleH5971 came outH3318 by hundredsH3967 and by thousandsH505. 5And the kingH4428 commandedH6680 JoabH3097 and AbishaiH52 and IttaiH863, sayingH559, Deal gentlyH328 for my sake with the young manH5288, even with AbsalomH53. And all the peopleH5971 heardH8085 when the kingH4428 gave all the captainsH8269 chargeH6680 concerningH1697 AbsalomH53. 6So the peopleH5971 went outH3318 into the fieldH7704 againstH7125 IsraelH3478: and the battleH4421 was in the forestH3293 of EphraimH669; 7Where the peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478 were slainH5062 beforeH6440 the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732, and there was there a greatH1419 slaughterH4046 that dayH3117 of twentyH6242 thousandH505 men . 8For the battleH4421 was there scatteredH6327 over the faceH6440 of all the countryH776: and the forestH3293 devouredH398 moreH7235 peopleH5971 that dayH3117 than the swordH2719 devouredH398.1

9And AbsalomH53 metH7122 the servantsH6440H5650 of DavidH1732. And AbsalomH53 rodeH7392 upon a muleH6505, and the muleH6505 wentH935 under the thick boughsH7730 of a greatH1419 oakH424, and his headH7218 caught fastH2388 in the oakH424, and he was left hangingH5414 between the heavenH8064 and the earthH776; and the muleH6505 that was under him went awayH5674. 10And a certainH259 manH376 sawH7200 it, and toldH5046 JoabH3097, and saidH559, Behold, I sawH7200 AbsalomH53 hangingH8518 in an oakH424. 11And JoabH3097 saidH559 to the manH376 that toldH5046 him, And, behold, thou sawestH7200 him, and why didst thou not smiteH5221 him there to the groundH776? and I would have givenH5414 thee tenH6235 shekels of silverH3701, and aH259 beltH2290. 12And the manH376 saidH559 to JoabH3097, ThoughH3863 I should receiveH8254 a thousandH505 shekels of silverH3701 in my handH3709, yet would I not put forthH7971 my handH3027 against the king’sH4428 sonH1121: for in our hearingH241 the kingH4428 chargedH6680 thee and AbishaiH52 and IttaiH863, sayingH559, BewareH8104 that none touch the young manH5288 AbsalomH53.23 13OtherwiseH176 I should have wroughtH6213 falsehoodH8267 against my own lifeH5315: for there is no matterH1697 hidH3582 from the kingH4428, and thou thyself wouldest have setH3320 thyself against me .