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2 Samuel 18:15

American Standard Version

And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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2 Samuel 18:15 in other translations

Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

2 Samuel 18:15 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 18:15 in context

  1. 13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
  2. 14Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
  3. 15And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
  4. 16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
  5. 17And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.