Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Samuel 15:1 - English Standard Version 2016 After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AFTER THIS, Absalom got a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Common English Bible Some time later, Absalom got a chariot and horses for his own use, along with fifty men to run ahead of him. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, after these things, Absalom obtained for himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men who went before him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now after these things, Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. |
Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’
He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.