BRAGADAYJAH 958
Absalom Caught Between to branches
Then David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of
thousands and captains of hundreds over them. And David sent out a third part
of the people under Joab, and a third part under Abishai, and a third part
under the hand of Ittai. And the king told his three commanders in the hearing
of the soldiers that he would also go forth with them. But the people said they
did not want the king to go with them; for if they be forced to flee, the enemy
would not care for them; neither if half of them should die would they be cared
for. “For,” said they to the King, “You are worth ten thousand of us; therefore,”
said they, “It would be better if you remain with us.” And David told them that he would do whatever
seemed best to them. And as the king
stood by the gate the people surrounded him and so he commanded his captains,
Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, that should they capture Absalom, to deal gently with
him. And David’s servants heard the king’s
command. So the people went out into the
field of battle against Absalom and his men, and fought the battle in the field
of Ephraim; and the people of Absalom, twenty thousand of them were slain by
David’s men and there was a great slaughter, for those who were not slain by
the sword perished in the woods. And the servants of David came upon Absalom riding
upon a mule, and all of a sudden Absalom’s neck was caught between two branches
of a tree which lifted him up by his neck into the air, and kept him dangling
there while the mule carried on rider-less.
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