27 There were born (A)to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.

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18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself (A)the pillar that is in (B)the King's Valley, for he said, (C)“I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument[a] to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:18 Or Absalom's hand

Amnon and Tamar

13 Now (A)Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was (B)Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her.

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30 Thus says the Lord:
“Write this man down as (A)childless,
    a man who shall not succeed in his days,
(B)for none of his offspring shall succeed
    (C)in sitting on the throne of David
    and ruling again in Judah.”

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22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and (A)remnant, (B)descendants and posterity,” declares the Lord.

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16 His (A)roots dry up beneath,
    and his branches (B)wither above.
17 His (C)memory perishes from the earth,
    and he has no name in the street.
18 (D)He is thrust from light into darkness,
    and driven out of the world.
19 He has no (E)posterity or progeny among his people,
    and no survivor where he used to live.

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