...usefulneo, "— Km. Lymm Abbott, DD THE NLW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS ABSALOM. "And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the ihick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven...

...against him, his army was defeated and he fled away from the battle. In 2 Samuel xviii. 9, we read : ' And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away.' When...

...into these swamps, or by getting entangled among the trees or bushes, were hewn down by David's men. " AND THE MULE WENT UNDER THE THICK BOUGHS OF A GREAT OAK." — Some think that Absalom hung by his hair, but it is more likely that his head and neck were wedged...

...Absalmon met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a male, and the mule went under the thick bows of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak,...between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that wat under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw ;/, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom...

...against him, his army was defeated, and he fled away from the battle. In 2nd Samuel xviii. 9, we read : " And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away." When...

...containing the incident was found to be : " And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under tne thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up," &c. (2 Sam. xviii. 9.) " Now," said the Doctor, " there is not one word about the hair. To be sure...

...chronicler, we have the terebinth mentioned in the account of the death of the wretched Absalom : — " And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of the great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven...

...it to Mr. Cooper, said, " Find the passage." The verse containing the incident was found to be: *' And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under...head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up," &c. (2 Sam. xviii. 9.) "Now," said the Doctor, " there is not one word about the hair. To be sure we...

...men. 118 CHAPTER XVIII. 119 the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode...under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head was caught in the oak, and he was taken up between the heavens and the earth ; and the mule that was...

...the sword devoured. (9) And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon his ter than one ; because they have a good reward for their 4oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and...