15Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.


In Context

12 The man said to Joab, |Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.'

13 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.|

14 Then Joab said, |I'm not going to wait like this with you.| He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

15 Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

17 They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled everyone to his tent.

2 Samuel 18:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And ten of Joab's armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:15Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And they go round — ten youths bearing weapons of Joab — and smite Absalom, and put him to death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.