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2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.

  • KJV King James Version

    And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled every one to his tent. —

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Cross-references (8)

Passages linked to 2 Samuel 18:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Joshua 7:26 They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.
  • Joshua 8:29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening. At sundown, Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.
  • Joshua 10:27 At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.
  • 2 Samuel 19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
  • 2 Samuel 20:1 There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
  • 2 Samuel 20:22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
  • Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
  • Jeremiah 22:18-19 Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’ He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thus God turned his vain glory to shame.

Thus God turned his vain glory to shame.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Laid a very great heap of stones upon him,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they took Absalom, and cast him into a…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. And laid a very great heap of…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 18:17. They took Absalom and cast him into…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A great heap of stones - See the marginal…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Him. Thus was the law executed upon Absalom, Deuteronomy…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain they took Absalom, and cast him into a great…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. En-rogel — A well commonly supposed to be…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. a very great heap of stones] A monument…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Every one to his tent.—An expression derived from…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A great pit; Hebrew, the great pit; as though…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:17 all Israel fled to their homes: Absalom’s supporters…

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