2 Samuel 18:9

18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ¹  mule, it ²  went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ³  while the mule he had been riding kept going.

2 Samuel 20:10

20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ⁴  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ⁵  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ⁶  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

[18:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the.”

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “the donkey.”

[18:9]  ³ tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”

[20:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”