2 Samuel 18:9

18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ¹  mule, it ²  went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ³  while the mule he had been riding kept going.

2 Samuel 20:21-22

20:21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled ⁴  against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute ⁵  his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ⁶  blew the trumpet, and his men ⁷  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ⁸  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

[18:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the.”

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “the donkey.”

[18:9]  ³ tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”

[20:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “lifted his hand.”

[20:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look!”

[20:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “his tents.”