Verse 18

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up a pillar in the King’s Valley for himself, saying, 'I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.' He named the pillar after himself, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Mens han fortsatt levde, reiste Absalom opp et minnesmerke for seg selv i Kongedalen, for han sa: «Jeg har ingen sønn til å bevare mitt navn.» Han kalte minnesmerket etter sitt eget navn, og det står der den dag i dag som Absaloms hånd.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Absalom hadde i sin levetid reist en stein for seg selv i kongens dal, for han sa: Jeg har ingen sønn til å bevare mitt navn i minnet. Han kalte steinen etter sitt eget navn, og det er kalt Absaloms sted til denne dag.

• Norsk King James

  Nå hadde Absalom i sitt liv reist et minnesmerke for seg selv, som står i kongedalen; for han sa: 'Jeg har ingen sønn til å holde mitt navn i minne,' og han kalte minnesmerket etter sitt eget navn; og det kalles den dag i dag Absaloms sted.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mens han levde, hadde Absalom reist en stein for seg selv i Kongedalen, for han sa: Jeg har ingen sønn til å føre mitt navn videre. Han kalte steinen etter sitt eget navn, og den heter Absaloms monument den dag i dag.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Mens Absalom levde, hadde han reist seg en minnestøtte i Kongedalen, for han sa: "Jeg har ingen sønn til å bevare mitt navn i minnet." Han kalte den 'Absaloms hånd', og det navnet bærer den til denne dag.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Mens han levde, hadde Absalom reist en søyle for seg selv i Kongedalen, for han sa: Jeg har ingen sønn som kan bevare mitt navn i minnet. Og han kalte søylen etter sitt eget navn, og den kalles fremdeles for Absaloms sted.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  I sitt levetid hadde Absalom reist en søyle for seg selv i kongens dal, for han sa: «Jeg har ingen sønn som kan føre mitt navn videre.» Så kalte han søylen etter sitt eget navn, og den kalles fremdeles i dag Absaloms sted.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Mens han levde, hadde Absalom reist en søyle for seg selv i Kongedalen, for han sa: Jeg har ingen sønn som kan bevare mitt navn i minnet. Og han kalte søylen etter sitt eget navn, og den kalles fremdeles for Absaloms sted.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da han levde, hadde Absalom reist en minnesten for seg selv i Kongedalen. Han sa: 'Jeg har ingen sønn som kan føre mitt navn videre.' Derfor kalte han steinen etter sitt eget navn. Den heter fortsatt Absaloms minne den dag i dag.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Mens Absalom levde, hadde han reist en stein over seg selv i Kongens Dal, for han sa: 'Jeg har ingen sønn til å bære mitt navn i minne.' Han kalte steinen etter sitt eget navn, og den ble kjent som 'Absaloms hånd' den dag i dag.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Absalom havde taget og opreist sig en Støtte, der han levede, som (staaer) i Kongens Dal, thi han sagde: Jeg haver ingen Søn, (derfor skal denne tjene) til at lade mit Navn ihukomme; og han kaldte den Støtte efter sit Navn, og den kaldes Absaloms Plads indtil denne Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Nå hadde Absalom i sin levetid reist en søyle for seg selv, som er i kongens dal; for han sa: Jeg har ingen sønn til å holde mitt navn i minne: og han kalte søylen etter sitt eget navn: og den heter den dag i dag Absaloms sted.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's valley: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called to this day, Absalom's monument.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nå hadde Absalom i sin levetid reist opp en søyle for seg selv i Kongens dal, for han sa: Jeg har ingen sønn for å bevare mitt navn i minnet. Han kalte søylen etter sitt eget navn, og den kalles Absaloms monument til denne dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Mens han levde, hadde Absalom reist en minnestøtte for seg selv i kongedalen, for han sa: 'Jeg har ingen sønn til å bevare mitt navn i minnet.' Han kalte steinen etter sitt eget navn, og den ble kalt 'Absaloms Minne' til denne dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Absalom hadde i sin levetid reist en støtte for seg selv i Kongsdalen, for han sa, Jeg har ingen sønn til å bevare mitt navn i minnet. Så kalte han støtten ved sitt eget navn, og den kalles Absaloms monument den dag i dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Før sin død hadde Absalom reist en søyle for seg selv i Kongens dal, og kalte den etter seg, for han sa: Jeg har ingen sønn som kan holde mitt navn i levende minne. Og den kalles Absaloms søyle den dag i dag.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Absalom had set him vp a piler whyle he was yet alyue, which stode in the kynges valley, for he sayde: I haue no sonne, therfore shall this be a remembraunce of my name: and he called the piler after his owne name. And vnto this daie it is yet called Absaloms place.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe Absalom in his life time had taken and reared him vp a pillar, which is in the kings dale: for he saide, I haue no sonne to keepe my name in remembrance; he called the pillar after his owne name, & it is called vnto this day, Absaloms place.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And this Absalom yet in his lyfe time toke and reared vp a piller, whiche is in the kinges dale: For he sayd, I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembraunce, and he called the piller after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day Absaloms place.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that `is' in the king's valley, for he said, `I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;' and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called `The monument of Absalom' unto this day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, unto this day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in memory." He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning“I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 15:12 : 12 Early in the morning, Samuel got up to meet Saul, but he was told, 'Saul went to Carmel and has set up a monument in his own honor. Then he turned and went down to Gilgal.'
• 2 Sam 14:27 : 27 To Absalom, three sons and one daughter were born. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she was a beautiful woman.
• Gen 14:17 : 17 After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
• Gen 11:4 : 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
• Gen 11:9 : 9 That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
• Job 18:16-17 : 16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.
• Ps 49:11 : 11 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
• Ps 109:13 : 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation.
• Jer 22:30 : 30 This is what the LORD says: Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.
• Dan 4:30 : 30 Immediately, what was spoken about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people, ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
• Acts 1:18-19 : 18 (With the reward he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.) 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their own language, Akeldama, which means 'Field of Blood.'