2 Samuel 15:1 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 15:1

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

YLT

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

DBT

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

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2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign

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1 Kings 1:5
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Samuel 8:11
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
2 Samuel 12:11
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Proverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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11 ); and this is Absalom's manner. Fifty footmen (in rich liveries we may suppose) running before him, to give notice of his approach, would highly gratify his pride and the people's foolish fancy. David thinks that this parade is designed only to grace his court, and connives at it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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