9 Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David . For Absalom was riding on his mule , and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak . And his head caught fast in the oak , so he was left hanging between heaven and earth , while the mule that was under him kept going .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:9
Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:9-18
(Read 2 Samuel 18:9-18)
Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men from misery and contempt, but heavenly wisdom and the grace of God.