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2 Samuel 15:1

Absalom
Pride
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

2 He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

3 Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

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BSB
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
KJV
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
WEB
After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
ASV
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
DARBY
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
BLB
And it came to pass after this that Absalom prepared for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before his face.
ÅB
En tid etter la Absalom seg til vogn og hester og femti mann som løp foran ham.
OTB
Etter dette skaffet Absalom seg en vogn og hester, og femti menn til å løpe foran ham.
B1930
Nogen tid efter la Absalom sig til vogn og hester og femti mann som løp foran ham.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 1:5

    At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:11

    This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

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  • Psalms 20:7

    Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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  • 1 Samuel 8:11

    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

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  • Proverbs 11:2

    When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

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  • 1 Kings 10:26–29

    Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Kings 1:33

    “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:16

    But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

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