 And taking three pikes in hand, he thrust for the heart of Absalom, still hanging from the tree alive. Next, ten of Job's young armor-bearers closed in on Absalom and killed him with further blows. Job then sounded the horn, and the soldiers turned back from the pursuit of the Israelites because Job called to them to halt. Absalom was taken up and cast into a deep pit in the forest, and a very large mound of stones was erected over him.