2 Samuel 18:18

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

When Absalom was alive, he had set up a stone monument for himself in King's Valley. He explained, “I don't have any sons to keep my name alive.” He called it Absalom's Monument, and that is the name it still has today.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:27

Absalom had three sons. He also had a daughter named Tamar, who grew up to be very beautiful.

1 Samuel 15:12

Early the next morning he went to talk with Saul. Someone told him, “Saul went to Carmel, where he had a monument built so everyone would remember his victory. Then he left for Gilgal.”

Genesis 14:17

Abram returned after he had defeated King Chedorlaomer and the other kings. Then the king of Sodom went to meet Abram in Shaveh Valley, which is also known as King's Valley.

Psalm 109:13

Bring an end to his family, and from now on let him be a forgotten man.

Psalm 49:11

The grave will be their home forever and ever, although they once had land of their own.

Jeremiah 22:30

Erase the names of Jehoiachin's children from the royal records. He is a complete failure, and so none of them will ever be king. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Numbers 32:42

Nobah captured the town of Kenath with its villages and renamed it Nobah.

Isaiah 22:16

Shebna, what gives you the right to have a tomb carved out of rock in this burial place of royalty? None of your relatives are buried here.