18 When he was alive, Absalom had taken a pillar and raised it up(A) for himself in the King’s Valley,(B) since he thought, “I have no son(C) to preserve the memory of my name.” So he named the pillar after himself. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.

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14 He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments;(A) then they made a great fire in his honor.(B)

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60 and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.(A)

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