2 Samuel 15:1

New American Bible - revised edition

After this, Absalom provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

Thus says the Lord: I will bring evil upon you out of your own house. I will take your wives before your very eyes, and will give them to your neighbor: he shall lie with your wives in broad daylight.

1 Kings 1:33

he said to them: “Take with you the royal officials. Mount my son Solomon upon my own mule and escort him down to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:5

Adonijah, son of Haggith, boasted, “I shall be king!” and he provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty to go before him.

Psalm 20:7

Now I know the Lord gives victory to his anointed. He will answer him from the holy heavens with a strong arm that brings victory.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, disgrace comes; but with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:19

Those who love an offense love a fight; those who build their gate high court disaster.

Deuteronomy 17:16

But he shall not have a great number of horses; nor shall he make his people go back again to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord said to you, Do not go back that way again.

1 Samuel 8:11

He told them: “The governance of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot.