And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Oak, between the branches, which hindered him from escaping. (Calmet)
His beautiful curls got also entangled. (Menochius)