What does 2 Samuel 15:1 mean?
ESV: After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
NIV: In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.
NASB: Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run ahead of him.
CSB: After this, Absalom got himself a chariot, horses, and fifty men to run before him.
NLT: After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of him.
KJV: And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
NKJV: After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.
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