Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 18:15
2 Samuel 18:15 is verse 15 of 2 Samuel chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
King James Version
And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
World English Bible
Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
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2 Samuel 18:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 If I had jeopardized my own life —and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
14 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
15 And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
16 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
17 They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
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