◄ 2 Samuel 18:15 ►
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Good News Translation
Then ten of Joab's soldiers closed in on Absalom and finished killing him.

New Revised Standard Version
And ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him, and killed him.

Contemporary English Version
Ten of Joab's bodyguards came over and finished him off.

New American Bible
When ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers closed in on Absalom, and killed him with further blows,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.

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Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.

Context
Absalom Killed
…14And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but I will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak, 15Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.16And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:14
And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but I will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,

2 Samuel 18:16
And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.

2 Samuel 18:14
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