2 Samuel 18:18

Prior to this ¹  Absalom had set up a monument ²  and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

Ge 11:4; Ge 11:9; Ge 14:17; 1Sa 15:12; 2Sa 14:27; Job 18:16,17; Ps 49:11; Ps 109:13; Jer 22:30; Da 4:30; Ac 1:18,19

¹ tn Heb “and.” This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) describes an occurrence that preceded the events just narrated.

² tn Heb “a pillar.”