⁹ And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.

²⁶ And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair;) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

¹³ Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

¹⁰ For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

⁵ And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

⁴⁴ He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

¹⁷ The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

²⁰ If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

⁹ But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

¹⁰ They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.

³ Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

⁸ His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

⁹ His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

¹⁰ The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

¹⁴ 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.

²³ Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

²⁰ Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

¹⁶ Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

²³ Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.