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2 Samuel 18:17-19
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17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.[a]

18 Before this[b] Absalom[c] had set up a monument[d] and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning, “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

David Learns of Absalom’s Death

19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:17 tn Heb “and all Israel fled, each to his tent.” In this context this refers to the supporters of Absalom (see vv. 6-7, 16).
  2. 2 Samuel 18:18 tn Heb “and in his life.”
  3. 2 Samuel 18:18 tn This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) describes an occurrence that preceded the events just narrated.
  4. 2 Samuel 18:18 tn Heb “a pillar.”
  5. 2 Samuel 18:19 tn Heb “that the Lord has vindicated him from the hand of his enemies.”
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