2 Samuel 15:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.

1 Kings 1:33

And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.

Psalm 20:7

Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:19

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

Deuteronomy 17:16

And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.

1 Samuel 8:11

And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;