¹⁸When he was alive, Absalom had taken a pillar and raised it up^c for himself in the King’s Valley,^d since he thought, “I have no son^e to preserve the memory of my name.” So he named the pillar after himself. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.

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c Gn 28:18; Dt 16:22; 1Sm 15:12; 2Kg 18:4
d Gn 14:17
e 2Sm 14:27

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s monument to this day.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, “I have no son to carry on the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.

NLTNew Living Translation

During his lifetime, Absalom had built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and it is known as Absalom’s Monument to this day.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

(Now Absalom had taken and set up for himself in his lifetime a stone pillar that is in the valley of the king, because he said, “I have no son in order to remember my name,” and he called the stone pillar by his name. It is called the monument of Absalom until this day).

KJV 1900King James Version

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

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