2 Samuel 15:1 - King James Version - American Edition

¹ And it came to pass after this, that Ab´salom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ AFTER THIS, Absalom got a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ Then, after these things, Absalom obtained for himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men who went before him.

2 Samuel 15:1 Cross References

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 neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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:

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adoni´jah 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.

Psalm 20:7

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

Proverbs 11:2

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

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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.

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.