2 Samuel 18:16-18
New American Standard Bible
16 Then (A)Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people. 17 And they took Absalom and threw him into [a]a deep pit in the forest, and (B)erected over him a very large pile of stones. And (C)all Israel fled, each to his own tent. 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and (D)set up for himself a memorial stone, which is in (E)the King’s Valley, for he said, “(F)I have no son to [b]continue my name.” So he named the memorial stone after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
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- 2 Samuel 18:17 Lit the great
- 2 Samuel 18:18 Lit bring to remembrance
2 Samuel 18:16-18
New International Version
16 Then Joab(A) sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them. 17 They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up(B) a large heap of rocks(C) over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.
18 During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley(D) as a monument(E) to himself, for he thought, “I have no son(F) to carry on the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
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