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18 While Absalom had been living, he had erected a pillar as a monument[a] to himself in King’s Valley because he had been telling himself, “I don’t have a son to carry on my family name.”[b] So he named the pillar after himself—it’s called Absalom’s Monument even today.

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:18 The Heb. lacks as a monument
  2. 2 Samuel 18:18 Lit. on memory of my name