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2Sa 18:18 Strong Concordance Now Absalom [053] in his lifetime [02416] had taken [03947] and reared up [05324] for himself a pillar [04678], which is in the king's [04428] dale [06010]: for he said [0559], I have no son [01121] to keep my name [08034] in remembrance [02142]: and he called [07121] the pillar [04678] after his own name [08034]: and it is called [07121] unto this day [03117], Absalom's [053] place [03027].
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Absalom in his lifetime had reared up for himself a pillar--literally, "hand." In the valley of Jehoshaphat, on the east of Jerusalem, is a tomb or cenotaph, said to be this "pillar" or monument: it is twenty-four feet square, dome-topped, and reaches forty feet in height. This may occupy the spot, but cannot itself be the work of Absalom, as it evidently bears the style of a later architecture.
 
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12 And when Samuel [08050] rose early [07925] to meet [07125] Saul [07586] in the morning [01242], it was told [05046] Samuel [08050], saying [0559], Saul [07586] came [0935] to Carmel [03760], and, behold, he set him up [05324] a place [03027], and is gone about [05437], and passed on [05674], and gone down [03381] to Gilgal [01537].
7 And it came to pass after [07093] forty [0705] years [08141], that Absalom [053] said [0559] unto the king [04428], I pray thee, let me go [03212] and pay [07999] my vow [05088], which I have vowed [05087] unto the LORD [03068], in Hebron [02275].
27 And unto Absalom [053] there were born [03205] three [07969] sons [01121], and one [0259] daughter [01323], whose name [08034] was Tamar [08559]: she was a woman [0802] of a fair [03303] countenance [04758].
27 And unto Absalom [053] there were born [03205] three [07969] sons [01121], and one [0259] daughter [01323], whose name [08034] was Tamar [08559]: she was a woman [0802] of a fair [03303] countenance [04758].
17 And the king [04428] of Sodom [05467] went out [03318] to meet [07125] him after [0310] his return [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of Chedorlaomer [03540], and of the kings [04428] that were with him, at the valley [06010] of Shaveh [07740], which [01931] is the king's [04428] dale [06010].
52 This heap [01530] be witness [05707], and this pillar [04676] be witness [05713], that I will not pass over [05674] this heap [01530] to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over [05674] this heap [01530] and this pillar [04676] unto me, for harm [07451].
22 And this stone [068], which I have set [07760] for a pillar [04676], shall be God's [0430] house [01004]: and of all that thou shalt give [05414] me I will surely [06237] give the tenth [06237] unto thee.
1 Now Korah [07141], the son [01121] of Izhar [03324], the son [01121] of Kohath [06955], the son [01121] of Levi [03878], and Dathan [01885] and Abiram [048], the sons [01121] of Eliab [0446], and On [0203], the son [01121] of Peleth [06431], sons [01121] of Reuben [07205], took [03947] men:
12 And when Samuel [08050] rose early [07925] to meet [07125] Saul [07586] in the morning [01242], it was told [05046] Samuel [08050], saying [0559], Saul [07586] came [0935] to Carmel [03760], and, behold, he set him up [05324] a place [03027], and is gone about [05437], and passed on [05674], and gone down [03381] to Gilgal [01537].