Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them unto your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Samuel 15:1 - King James 2000 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AFTER THIS, Absalom got a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Common English Bible Some time later, Absalom got a chariot and horses for his own use, along with fifty men to run ahead of him. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, after these things, Absalom obtained for himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men who went before him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now after these things, Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. |
Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them unto your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: since as the LORD has said unto you, you shall return no more that way again.
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.