ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Sam 18:18
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2 Sam 18:18

18:18 pillar. Compare Saul’s action in 1 Sam. 15:12. In life Absalom had envisaged for himself a king’s career and had erected a pillar of remembrance in his own honor; in death he was branded a traitor and buried under a pile of stones.

King’s Valley. Probably near Jerusalem (Gen. 14:17).

no son. Absalom’s three sons, mentioned but not named in 14:27, presumably were not yet born or were already deceased when Absalom erected his monument.