18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and (A)set up for himself a pillar which is in (B)the King’s Valley, for he said, “(C)I have no son [a]to preserve my name.” So he named the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:18 Lit for the sake of remembering

18 During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley(A) as a monument(B) to himself, for he thought, “I have no son(C) 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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11 Their [a](A)inner thought is that their houses (B)are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have (C)called their lands after their own names.

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  1. Psalm 49:11 Some versions read graves are their houses

11 Their tombs(A) will remain their houses[a] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,(B)
    though they had[b] named(C) lands after themselves.

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  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  2. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have