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2 Samuel 18:18New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
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18 Now Abʹsa·lom himself, while he was alive, had taken and proceeded to raise up for himself a pillar,+ which is in the Low Plain of the King,+ for he said: “I have no son in order to keep my name in remembrance.”+ So he called the pillar by his own name,+ and it continues to be called Abʹsa·lom’s Monument down to this day.
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2 Samuel 18:18The Bible in Living English
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18 But during his life Absalom had taken and reared for himself the obelisk in the King’s Vale, because he thought “I have no son to commemorate my name,” and named the obelisk after himself; and it is called Absalom’s Hand to this day.
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2 Samuel 18:18American Standard Version
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18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument, unto this day.
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2 Samuel 18:18King James Version
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18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
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