2 Samuel 15:1

New English Translation

Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will have sexual relations with your wives in broad daylight!

1 Kings 1:33

and he told them, “Take your master’s servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:5

Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, was promoting himself, boasting, “I will be king!” He managed to acquire chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.

Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 17:19

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

Deuteronomy 17:16

Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.

1 Samuel 8:11

He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.