2 Samuel 15:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

KJV

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

WEB

After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.

ASV

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

LSV

And it comes to pass afterward that Absalom prepares a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men are running before him;

YLT

And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;

DBY

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

DRC

Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

GNV

After this, Absalom prepared him charets and horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.

JPS

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

LXXE

And it came to pass after this that Abessalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.Gr. made.

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WLC

וַֽיְהִי֙ מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לוֹ֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה וְסֻסִ֑ים וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ רָצִ֥ים לְפָנָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἅρματα, καὶ ἵππους, καὶ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας παρατρέχειν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.

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• 1 Kings 1:5At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
• 2 Samuel 12:11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
• 1 Samuel 8:11He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.
• Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
• Proverbs 17:19He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• 1 Kings 1:33“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
• Deuteronomy 17:16But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
• Jeremiah 22:14–16who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion. Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father…
• 1 Kings 10:26–29Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in…
• Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

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