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


In Context

12 And the man saith unto Joab, 'Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who is against the youth — against Absalom;

13 or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou — thou dost station thyself over-against.'

14 And Joab saith, 'Not right — I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he is alive, in the midst of the oak.

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

16 And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

17 and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled — each 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

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.