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2 Samuel 18:9

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, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

2 Samuel 18:9 BSB
  1. a Or large terebinth or very great tree; similarly in verses 10 and 14

2 Samuel 18:9 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 14:26 (5 votes) and Job 31:3 (3 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 36 to Galatians 3.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 18:9 point to?

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:265 votes

    And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

  2. Job 31:33 votes

    Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

  3. Proverbs 30:173 votes

    As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

  4. Deuteronomy 21:232 votes

    you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

  5. Deuteronomy 27:162 votes

    ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

  6. Deuteronomy 27:202 votes

    ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

  7. 2 Samuel 17:232 votes

    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

  8. 2 Samuel 18:142 votes

    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” 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.

  9. Job 18:8–102 votes

    For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him. …

  10. Psalm 63:9–102 votes

    But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth. They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.

  11. Proverbs 20:202 votes
  12. Jeremiah 48:442 votes
  13. Mark 7:102 votes
  14. Galatians 3:132 votes
  15. Matthew 27:51 vote

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 18:9?

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