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2 Samuel 15:1

Absalom
Pride
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

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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

    Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:11

    Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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  • Psalms 20:7

    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

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  • 1 Samuel 8:11

    And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

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  • Proverbs 11:2

    When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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  • 1 Kings 10:26–29

    And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Kings 1:33

    The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

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  • Deuteronomy 17:16

    But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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