2 Samuel 15:1 In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.

English Standard Version
After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.

King James Bible
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After this, Absalom got himself a chariot, horses, and 50 men to run before him.

International Standard Version
Sometime later, Absalom acquired a chariot equipped with horses and recruited 50 men to accompany him.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

15:1-6 David allows Absalom's pomp. Those parents know not what they do, who indulge a proud humour in their children: many young people are ruined by pride. And those commonly are most eager for authority who least understand its duties.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 15

2Sa 15:1-9. Absalom Steals the Hearts of Israel.

1. Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him—This was assuming the state and equipage of a prince. The royal guards, called runners, avant couriers, amounted to fifty (1Ki 1:5). The chariot, as the Hebrew indicates, was of a magnificent style; and the horses, a novelty among the Hebrew people, only introduced in that age as an appendage of royalty (Ps 32:9; 66:12), formed a splendid retinue, which would make him "the observed of all observers."