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 18:24

18:24 Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, ⁴  and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

2 Samuel 21:7

21:7 The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the Lord’s oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

[18:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the.”

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “the donkey.”

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

[18:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “the two gates.”