So says Jehovah, 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 to your neighbor. And he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Samuel 15:1 - Modern King James Version And it happened after this, 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. |
So says Jehovah, 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 to your neighbor. And he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
And 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 Jehovah our God.
He who loves fighting loves transgression; he who makes his gate high seeks ruin.
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, because Jehovah has said to you, You shall return no more that way from now on.
And he said, This will be the privilege of the king who shall reign over you. He shall take your sons and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and his horsemen. And they shall run before his chariots.