{"id":1493,"date":"2026-08-18T18:18:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/2samuel18\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:18:40","slug":"2samuel18","status":"publish","type":"bible-event-page","link":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/2samuel18\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><head><meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">@import url(https:\/\/themes.googleusercontent.com\/fonts\/css?kit=dpiI8CyVsrzWsJLBFKehGpLhv3qFjX7dUn1mYxfCXhI);ol{margin:0;padding:0}table td,table th{padding:0}.c7{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;border-bottom-style:solid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c9{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify;margin-right:23pt;height:11pt}.c1{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;padding-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c5{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#008ae6;font-weight:400}.c0{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#001320;font-weight:400}.c6{color:#001320;font-weight:700;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\"}.c8{background-color:#ffffff;max-width:468pt;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c3{text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal}.c2{color:#008ae6;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:700}.c4{color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit}.title{padding-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-size:26pt;padding-bottom:3pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}.subtitle{padding-top:0pt;color:#666666;font-size:15pt;padding-bottom:16pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}li{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}p{margin:0;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}h1{padding-top:20pt;color:#000000;font-size:20pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h2{padding-top:18pt;color:#000000;font-size:16pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h3{padding-top:16pt;color:#434343;font-size:14pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h4{padding-top:14pt;color:#666666;font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h5{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h6{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;font-style:italic;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}<\/style>\n<p><\/head><body class=\"c8 doc-content\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\"><span class=\"c6 c3\">Absalom Killed<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-1.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495782098&amp;usg=AOvVaw0n2Fb7fbYuJCTr48wXIn6h\">1<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-2.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495782606&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-aGNX9bNMEKQUkWDrwzr6\">2<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab&rsquo;s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, &ldquo;I will surely march out with you as well.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495783310&amp;usg=AOvVaw0mBP_GmAagt4BOe9scyyiN\">3<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">But the people pleaded, &ldquo;You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you are worth ten thousand of us.<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495783938&amp;usg=AOvVaw13q1LuLAg3mBmVgwOQIONK\">a<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">&nbsp;It is better for now if you support us from the city.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-4.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495784265&amp;usg=AOvVaw1OZmQajaK5hpW4AdUfh9k0\">4<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">&ldquo;I will do whatever seems best to you,&rdquo; the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-5.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495784794&amp;usg=AOvVaw1L095Qsj8qq3lLwDg5LBIs\">5<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, &ldquo;Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.&rdquo; And all the people heard the king&rsquo;s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-6.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495785575&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FTmGmHg8VfVa5hj4O973p\">6<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">So David&rsquo;s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-7.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495785948&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Nq_DO6WR9enclF8NTy8tI\">7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">There the people of Israel were defeated by David&rsquo;s servants, and the slaughter was great that day&mdash;twenty thousand men. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-8.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495786331&amp;usg=AOvVaw3OkI-3vexNZsCqtAINjW2C\">8<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-9.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495786735&amp;usg=AOvVaw2tQ7IABt7oIBrGAojztmS0\">9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">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,<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495787129&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ysgSN_lVijg3uFqyTu27W\">b<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&nbsp;Absalom&rsquo;s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-10.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495787472&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Z1MEMkZ85apBpDlBFz1wB\">10<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, &ldquo;I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-11.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495787798&amp;usg=AOvVaw0GN1epk0eDJPfK7bK2kdVq\">11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&ldquo;You just saw him!&rdquo; Joab exclaimed. &ldquo;Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495788455&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ciKJpb0Vc1RtEzSZifkmV\">c<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">&nbsp;and a warrior&rsquo;s belt!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-12.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495788779&amp;usg=AOvVaw19BzaH9ulUH5BSPSZn_ytC\">12<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">The man replied, &ldquo;Even if a thousand shekels of silver<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495789063&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vkORaZftFAr-2Pp2a9isr\">d<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&nbsp;were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, &lsquo;Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495789678&amp;usg=AOvVaw0K006kQY-b_WobW1iDWcz8\">e<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&rsquo; <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-13.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495789817&amp;usg=AOvVaw3y__0D4XUmrs0RvwM7xO-t\">13<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">If I had jeopardized my own life<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495790047&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ub1pHhyr9xtExP9WeupAZ\">f<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">&mdash;and nothing is hidden from the king&mdash;you would have abandoned me.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-14.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495790441&amp;usg=AOvVaw2EtaVR9dxjFEyimB3cbdM6\">14<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">But Joab declared, &ldquo;I am not going to wait like this with you!&rdquo; And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-15.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495791146&amp;usg=AOvVaw2iqBR-Th0yNS0ZEKwYVkKh\">15<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">And ten young men who carried Joab&rsquo;s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-16.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495791692&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mXFVQVDQq11EHQwoqFToQ\">16<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Then Joab blew the ram&rsquo;s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-17.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495792516&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RGibJiqMkvMg1fnzHOFRC\">17<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-18.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495793326&amp;usg=AOvVaw1bLxyivh3N7-G-Dt5r12yA\">18<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King&rsquo;s Valley, for he had said, &ldquo;I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.&rdquo; So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom&rsquo;s Monument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\"><span class=\"c3 c6\">David Mourns for Absalom<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-19.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495794499&amp;usg=AOvVaw1q2-IeNsZazxudx8lxs389\">19<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, &ldquo;Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-20.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495795114&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Pd02x3Lr-2LyBJL0pFSTu\">20<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">But Joab replied, &ldquo;You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king&rsquo;s son is dead.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-21.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495795554&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eAyuyZk_AnM9jKmay-Wx2\">21<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">So Joab said to a Cushite, &ldquo;Go, tell the king what you have seen.&rdquo; The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-22.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495795930&amp;usg=AOvVaw3aBc8fxdAeyeYbApJGE794\">22<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, &ldquo;Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the Cushite!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0 c3\">&ldquo;My son,&rdquo; Joab replied, &ldquo;why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-23.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495796832&amp;usg=AOvVaw0nGAyEZkUpiqnQWJh-jZz-\">23<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">&ldquo;No matter what, I want to run!&rdquo; he replied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0 c3\">&ldquo;Then run!&rdquo; Joab told him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\">So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495797432&amp;usg=AOvVaw2qtHSTpeY3vk4rowqZERqd\">g<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">&nbsp;and outran the Cushite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-24.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495797718&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-7frxf0jCDsXkenVPo4jn\">24<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-25.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495798243&amp;usg=AOvVaw22F0R9qsrPeRnCiMLl6Q-E\">25<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">So he called out and told the king.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0 c3\">&ldquo;If he is alone,&rdquo; the king replied, &ldquo;he bears good news.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0\">As the first runner drew near, <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-26.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495798704&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Ze54ge6vFFmcNumFYJUvM\">26<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, &ldquo;Look! Another man is running alone!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0 c3\">&ldquo;This one also brings good news,&rdquo; said the king.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-27.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495799326&amp;usg=AOvVaw3gzPi5_Qp9qboLSC0JMqG2\">27<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">The watchman said, &ldquo;The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0 c3\">&ldquo;This is a good man,&rdquo; said the king. &ldquo;He comes with good news.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/2_samuel\/18-28.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754253495799851&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BbtDfMOM_Agtr1ATPE7zs\">28<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c3\">Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, &ldquo;All is well!&rdquo; And he bowed facedown before the king.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c1\"><span class=\"c0 c3\">He continued, &ldquo;Blessed be the LORD your God! 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