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2 Samuel 15:1 · KJV

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

— 2 Samuel 15:1

Verse 2

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was {so}, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city {art} thou? And he said, Thy servant {is} of one of the tribes of Israel. {came: Heb. to come}

2 Samuel 15 — Context

1

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

2

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was {so}, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city {art} thou? And he said, Thy servant {is} of one of the tribes of Israel. {came: Heb. to come}

3

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters {are} good and right; but {there is} no man {deputed} of the king to hear thee. {there...: or, none will hear thee from the king downward}

Cross References

1 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. {be king: Heb. reign}

2 Samuel 12:11

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give {them} unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

1 Samuel 8:11

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint {them} for himself, for his chariots, and {to be} his horsemen; and {some} shall run before his chariots.

Psalms 20:7

Some {trust} in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Proverbs 17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: {and} he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride {goeth} before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 11:2

{When} pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly {is} wisdom.

1 Kings 10:26-29

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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