2 Samuel 18:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Reared up

1 Samuel 15:12

The king's

Genesis 14:17

I have no son

He called

Absalom's place

Acts 1:18

Bible References

Reared up

And when Samuel rose up early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a place for himself, and has gone around and passed on and gone down to Gilgal.

The king's

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's valley.

I have no son

And there were born three sons to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and his branch shall wither above.

Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

So says Jehovah, Write this man down as childless, a man who will not be blessed in his days. For no man of his seed shall be blessed, sitting on the throne of David and ruling any more in Judah.

He called

And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered upon the face of the whole earth.

Their inward thought is that their houses shall go on forever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?

Absalom's place

Indeed, then, this one purchased a field with the reward of unrighteousness. And falling headlong, he burst apart in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.