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2 Samuel 18:17-19
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Samuel 18:17-19
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 They took Absalom and threw him into a large pit in the forest. They raised a huge pile of stones over him.
All Israel fled, everyone to his own tent.[a]
18 During his lifetime Absalom had set up a monument for himself in the Valley of the King, because he said, “I do not have a son to keep my name alive in people’s memory.” He named the monument after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
19 Ahima’az son of Zadok said, “Let me run and carry the good news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the power of his enemies.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:17 This is an idiom for to his own home. It is used regardless of the form of the dwelling.
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