ESV Reformation Study Bible – 1 Sam 15:12
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1 Sam 15:12

15:12 Carmel. About seven miles south of Hebron (25:2; Josh. 15:55). This is not the Mount Carmel in the north.

monument for himself. The closest parallel is in 2 Sam. 18:18, where Absalom erects a pillar “for himself” to commemorate his name.