2 Samuel 18:9 meaning and explanation

Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

2 Samuel 18:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Absalom, David's son, has raised a rebellion and now rides into battle against his father's troops in the forest of Ephraim. The narrator reports without comment that his mule carried him under the thick branches of a great oak and his head caught fast, leaving him suspended between heaven and earth.

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