2 Samuel 18:18

The Scriptures 2009

And Aḇshalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a monument for himself, which is in the Sovereign’s Valley. For he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” And he called the monument after his own name. And to this day it is called Aḇshalom’s Monument.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over all the face of the earth.”

Genesis 11:9

That is why its name was called Baḇel, because there יהוה confused the language of all the earth, and from there יהוה scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 14:17

And after his return from the striking of Keḏorla‛omer and the sovereigns who were with him, the sovereign of Seḏom came out to meet him at the Valley of Shawĕh, that is, the Sovereign’s Valley.

2 Samuel 14:27

And to Aḇshalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.

Psalm 109:13

Let his descendants be cut off, Their name be blotted out in the next generation.

Psalm 49:11

Their inner thoughts are their houses, forever; Their dwelling places, to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

Isaiah 22:16

What have you here, and whom have you here, that you have hewn a burial-site here, as he who hews himself a burial-site on high, inscribing a resting place for himself in a rock?

Jeremiah 22:30

“Thus said יהוה, ‘Write this man down as childless, a strong man who is not to prosper in his days, for none of his descendants shall prosper, sitting on the throne of Dawiḏ, or rule any more in Yehuḏah.’ ”

Daniel 4:30

The sovereign spoke and said, “Is not this great Baḇel, which I myself have built, for the house of the reign, by the might of my power and for the esteem of my splendour?”

Numbers 32:42

And Noḇaḥ went and took Qenath and its villages, and he called it Noḇaḥ, after his own name.

1 Samuel 15:12

And Shemu’ĕl rose early in the morning to meet Sha’ul, and it was told to Shemu’ĕl, saying, “Sha’ul went to Karmel, and see, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and passed over, and went down to Gilgal.”