2 Samuel 15:1

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Igitur post hæc fecit sibi Absalom currus, et equites, et quinquaginta viros qui præcederent eum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

2 Samuel 15:1

a chariot with horses and fifty men: These items were clear signs of kingship. Samuel warned that a king would take these from the people (1 Samuel 8:11). David's son, Adonijah, also gathered these when he wanted to be king (1 Kings 1:5).

2 Samuel 15:1–19

Absalom revolted against David eleven years after Amnon violated Tamar (compare 2 Samuel 13:23, 38; 14:28; 15:7). This was around the twenty-fifth year of David's thirty-three-year rule in Jerusalem.

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

1 Kings 1:5
At 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.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
1 Samuel 8:11
He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
2 Samuel 12:11
This 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.
Proverbs 17:19
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
1 Kings 10:26–29
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
Jeremiah 22:14–16
…who 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.
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 17:16
But 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.’
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

People

Absalom: David's rebellious son who tried to usurp the throne

Glossary

Absalom Courts and Trials David Gilead (Place) Horse Joab Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Proverbs, Book of Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Ambition: Absalom Candidate: Electioneering By, Instance of, Absalom Chariots: Often Attended by Running Footmen Children: Wicked: Absalom David: King of Israel: Absalom's Usurpation Electioneering by Absalom Footman: One Who Runs Ahead of Kings and Princes Rebellion: Absalom the Tribe of Judah: Remarkable Persons of Absalom Usurpation of Political Functions by Absalom

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