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 19:35

19:35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I ⁴  taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I ⁵  continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

[18:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the.”

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “the donkey.”

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

[19:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “your servant.”

[19:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “your servant.”