2Sa 18:9 | NET2full | STEP | Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men . Now as Absalom was riding on his mule , it went under the branches of a large oak tree . His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair , while the mule he had been riding kept going .

‏ 2 Samuel 18:9

9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ^{▼▼tn Heb “the.”} mule, it ^{▼▼tn Heb “the donkey.”} went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ^{▼▼tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”} while the mule he had been riding kept going.