2 Samuel 18:9
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 hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Cross-reference
2 Samuel 18:14 narrates Joab thrusting darts into Absalom while he hangs in the oak, continuing the same event.
2 Samuel 14:26 describes Absalom's heavy hair, which caused him to be caught in the oak here, providing background.
In 2 Samuel 13:29, Absalom kills Amnon — the rebellion that leads to his own death here.
2 Samuel 17:23 records Ahithophel's suicide by hanging, prefiguring Absalom's death by hanging in the oak.
Deuteronomy 21:23 says a hanged man is cursed by God; Absalom was hung on a tree and buried that day, aligning with this law.
Deuteronomy 27:20 curses lying with father's wife; Absalom slept with David's concubines, so his death fits the curse.
Job 18:8 describes the wicked caught in his own net; Absalom's hair was trapped in tree branches like a snare.
Galatians 3:13 quotes Deuteronomy that hanging on a tree is a curse; Absalom's suspension on an oak illustrates that curse.
Psalm 63:9, David's prayer during Absalom's rebellion, sees enemies going into depths—fulfilled when Absalom was cast into a pit.
Psalm 63:10 describes enemies dying by the sword and becoming jackal food—Absalom was killed by swords and buried in a forest pit.
Ezekiel 17:20 describes a rebellious king caught in a snare — here Absalom is caught by his hair in a tree.