2 Samuel 18:9
2 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 18
“And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.”2 Samuel 18:9
What Does 2 Samuel 18:9 Mean?
2 Samuel 18:9 is found in the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 18, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Samuel 18:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Samuel 14:26“And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.”Psalms 55:15“Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.”2 Samuel 13:29“And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.”Job 31:3“Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?”Proverbs 30:17“The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.”John 12:32“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”Deuteronomy 21:23“His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.”Deuteronomy 27:16“Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Deuteronomy 27:20“Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.”2 Samuel 17:23“And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.”2 Samuel 18:14“Then 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.”Job 18:8“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.”Psalms 63:9“But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.”Proverbs 20:20“Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.”Jeremiah 48:44“He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.”Ezekiel 17:20“And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.”Mark 7:10“For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:”Galatians 3:13“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”Genesis 36:24“And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.”2 Samuel 3:3“And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;”
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