^{14 Ref} Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

¹⁵ And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

^{16 Ref} And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

^{17 Ref} And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.