Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
Bible References
Absalom
2 Samuel 12:11
Thus says Yahweh, 'Look, I [am] going to raise up evil against you from [within] your house, and I will take your women before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor, and he shall sleep with your wives {in broad daylight}.
Deuteronomy 17:16
Except, he may {not make numerous} for himself horses, and he may not allow the people to [to go] to Egypt {in order to increase horses}, for Yahweh has said to you that {you may never return}.
1 Samuel 8:11
He said, "This will be the custom of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots.
1 Kings 1:5
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying, "I will be king," so he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men running before him.
1 Kings 10:26
Solomon gathered chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses. He stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem.
Psalm 20:7
{Some boast in chariots and others in horses}, but we boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.
Proverbs 11:2
Pride comes, then disgrace comes, but wisdom [is] with the humble.
Proverbs 16:18
Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.
Proverbs 17:19
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
Jeremiah 22:14
Who says 'I will build for myself a spacious house with large upper rooms,' and he cuts windows for it, and [it is] paneled with cedar, and he paints [it] with vermilion.