Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army felt secure.