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2 Samuel 18:92Sam.18.9

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Absalom se trouva en présence des gens de David. Il était monté sur un mulet. Le mulet pénétra sous les branches entrelacées d'un grand térébinthe, et la tête d'Absalom fut prise au térébinthe; il demeura suspendu entre le ciel et la terre, et le mulet qui était sous lui passa outre.

KJV

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    s est duritia desperationis, ut in libris Regum: «Adhaesit caput ejus quercui [Note: [Col. 1035] 16 II Reg. XVIII, 9.] ,» id est, mens ejus perseveravit in duritia desperationis. Quercus, sterilitas mentis, ut in Isaia: «Cum fueritis velut quercus defluentibus foliis [Note:…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)

    s, si tamen non dedignaris, si patrem ut Absalon, arbore vindice multandus, mucrore non persequeris (II Reg. XVIII, 9) ; si vipereo matris viscera ore non rodis, attamen facias, facias tamen, inter eos numeraris, sed vide ne haereditate et cohaereditate illorum a temet frauderis,…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)

    ud arbitror pertinere, quod in libro Regum legitur quoniam mulus, cui sederat Absalon, pertransiit (II Reg. XVIII, 9) . Quod non est aliud quam mundus, cui per affectum inhaeret superbus, pertransit, et ad nihilum tendit, juxta illud: Et mundus transit et concupiscentia ejus (I…

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