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18 And David counted the people who were with him, and he set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 And David sent out the people, a third in the hand of Joab and a third in the hand of Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, and a third in the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “Going out, I will go out, I too, with you.”
3 But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if fleeing, we flee, they will not set a heart to us. Even if half of us die, they will not set a heart to us. For now there are ten thousand like us. And now, it is better that you be help for us from the city.”
4 And the king said to them, “What is good in your eyes, I will do.”
And the king stood at the hand of the gate, and all of the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. 5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Gently for me with the young man, with Absalom.” And all of the people heard when the king commanded all of the commanders about the matter of Absalom.
6 And the people went out to the field to meet Israel, and the battle was in the Forest of Ephraim. 7 And the people of Israel were struck there to the face of the servants of David. And the striking there was great on that day, 20,000. 8 And the battle was scattered there over the face of all of the land. And the forest made more to consume among the people than what the sword consumed on that day.
9 And Absalom was met to the face of the servants of David. Now Absalom was riding on the mule, and the mule came under the branches of a great oak tree, and his head was caught in the oak tree, and he was put between the heavens and between the earth, and the mule that was under him passed on.
10 And one man saw, and he declared to Joab, and he said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hung on an oak tree.”
11 And Joab said to the man declaring to him, “And behold, you saw, so why did you not strike him there to the ground? For it was to me to give to you ten silver and one belt.”
12 And the man said to Joab, “Even if I were weighing on my palm a thousand silver, I would not stretch out my hand against the son of the king. For in our ears the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Guard who is upon the young man Absalom.’ 13 Otherwise I would have done wrong against my life, for every matter is not hidden from the king, and you, you would have stationed yourself from before me.”
14 And Joab said, “I will not wait thus to your face.” And he took three spears in his palm, and he thrust them into the heart of Absalom, he still being alive in the heart of the oak tree. 15 And ten young men, carriers of the weapons of Joab, surrounded him. And they struck Absalom, and they killed him.
16 Then Joab blew on the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab restrained the people. 17 And they took Absalom, and they threw him into a great pit in the forest, and they set up a very great heap of stones over him. And all of Israel fled, a man to his tent.
18 Now while he was living, Absalom had taken and set up for himself a pillar, which was in the Valley of the King. For he said, “There is no son to me in order to make people remember my name.” And he called the pillar according to his name, and it is called the Hand of Absalom to this day.
19 And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, “Please let me run and let me bring news to the king, for Yahweh has judged him out of the hand of his enemies.”
20 But Joab said to him, “You are not a man of news this day, but you will bring news another day. But this day you will not bring news, because the son of the king is dead.”
21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, declare to the king what you have seen.” And the Cushite prostrated himself to Joab, then he ran.
22 And again Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, resumed and said to Joab, “But whatever may be, please let me run, I too, after the Cushite.”
And Joab said, “Why is this, you running, my son, when for you there is no news finding?”
23 “But whatever may be, let me run.”
And he said to him, “Run.” And Ahimaaz ran the way of the plain, and he passed the Cushite.
24 Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watcher went to the roof of the gate, on the wall, and he lifted his eyes, and he saw, and behold, a man running by himself. 25 And the watcher called and declared to the king. And the king said, “If he is by himself, news is in his mouth.” And he came, coming and near.
26 And the watcher saw another man running, and the watcher called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running by himself.”
And the king said, “This one is also bringing news.”
27 And the watcher said, “I am seeing the running of the first like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok.”
And the king said, “This is a good man, and he comes with good news.”
28 And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, “Peace!” And he prostrated himself to the king with his nose to the ground. And he said, “Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has enclosed the men who lifted their hand against my lord the king.”
29 And the king said, “Is peace to the young man, to Absalom?”
And Ahimaaz said, “I saw a great tumult when Joab sent the servant of the king and your servant, but I do not know what.”
30 And the king said, “Turn aside, station yourself thus.” And he turned aside, and he stood.
31 And behold, the Cushite came. And the Cushite said, “May my lord the king receive the good news that Yahweh has judged you today out of the hand of all of the ones having arisen against you.”
32 And the king said to the Cushite, “Is peace to the young man, to Absalom?”
And the Cushite said, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who arise against you for harm be like the young man.”
33 And the king trembled, and he went up to the upper room of the gate, and he wept. And thus he said as he went: “My son Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! Who will give my dying myself in place of you? Absalom, my son, my son!”
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