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Absalom’s hair catches in an oak as his mule passes beneath.
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2 Samuel 18:9

Absalom’S Hair Catches In An Oak As His Mule Passes

Absalom's Defeat · 2 Samuel 18

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9Absalom happened to come before David’s servants while Absalom was riding on the mule. The mule went under the thick branches of a large terebinth, and his head got caught in the terebinth, so that he was left hanging between heaven and earth while the mule that was under him passed on.

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