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2 Samuel 18:17-19
International Children’s Bible
2 Samuel 18:17-19
International Children’s Bible
17 Then Joab’s men took Absalom’s body. They threw it into a large pit in the forest. Then they filled the pit with many stones. All the Israelites who followed Absalom ran away and went home.
18 When Absalom was alive, he had put up a pillar in the King’s Valley. It was a monument to himself. He said, “I have no son to keep my name alive.” So he named the pillar after himself. That pillar is called Absalom’s Monument even today.
19 Ahimaaz son of Zadok spoke to Joab. He said, “Let me run and take the news to King David. I’ll tell him the Lord has destroyed the enemy for him.”
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2 Samuel 18:17-19
New International Version
2 Samuel 18:17-19
New International Version
17 They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up(A) a large heap of rocks(B) 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(C) as a monument(D) to himself, for he thought, “I have no son(E) 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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19 Now Ahimaaz(F) son of Zadok said, “Let me run and take the news to the king that the Lord has vindicated him by delivering him from the hand of his enemies.(G)”
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