2 Samuel 15:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

After this Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:5

Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” He prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Psalm 20:7

Some take pride in chariots and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.

2 Samuel 12:11

Thus says the Lord: I will raise up trouble against you from within your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in broad daylight.

1 Samuel 8:11

He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots,

Proverbs 17:19

One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 11:2

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

1 Kings 1:33

the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule and bring him down to Gihon.

Deuteronomy 17:16

Even so, he must not acquire many horses for himself or return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You must never return that way again.’