2Sa 18:18 | ESV | STEP | Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King’s Valley , for he said , 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 to this day .

‏ 2 Samuel 18:18

18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself ^athe pillar that is in ^bthe 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 ^{▼▼Or Absalom’s hand} to this day.