2 Samuel 15:1

Good News Translation

After this, Absalom provided a chariot and horses for himself, and an escort of fifty men.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

I swear to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble on you. You will see it when I take your wives from you and give them to another man; and he will have intercourse with them in broad daylight.

1 Kings 1:33

he said to them, “Take my court officials with you; have my son Solomon ride my own mule, and escort him down to Gihon Spring,

1 Kings 1:5

Now that Absalom was dead, Adonijah, the son of David and Haggith, was the oldest surviving son. He was a very handsome man. David had never reprimanded him about anything, and he was ambitious to be king. He provided for himself chariots, horses, and an escort of fifty men.

Psalm 20:7

Some trust in their war chariots and others in their horses, but we trust in the power of the Lord our God.

Proverbs 11:2

People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall.

Proverbs 17:19

To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble.

Deuteronomy 17:16

The king is not to have a large number of horses for his army, and he is not to send people to Egypt to buy horses, because the Lord has said that his people are never to return there.

1 Samuel 8:11

“This is how your king will treat you,” Samuel explained. “He will make soldiers of your sons; some of them will serve in his war chariots, others in his cavalry, and others will run before his chariots.