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18 Before this[a] Absalom[b] had set up a monument[c] and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning, “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:18 tn Heb “and in his life.”
  2. 2 Samuel 18:18 tn This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) describes an occurrence that preceded the events just narrated.
  3. 2 Samuel 18:18 tn Heb “a pillar.”