2 Samuel 15:1

New Living Translation

After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

“This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.

1 Kings 1:33

the king said to them, “Take Solomon and my officials down to Gihon Spring. Solomon is to ride on my own mule.

1 Kings 1:5

About that time David’s son Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, began boasting, “I will make myself king.” So he provided himself with chariots and charioteers and recruited fifty men to run in front of him.

Psalm 20:7

Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.

Proverbs 11:2

Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.

Proverbs 17:19

Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin; anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.

Deuteronomy 17:16

“The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.’

1 Samuel 8:11

“This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.