2 Samuel 18:18

Now, Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, a monument of stone, which is in the king's dale, Genesis 28:22; Genesis 31:52, the valley of the Kidron, some distance east of Jerusalem; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance, those mentioned 2 Samuel 14:27 evidently having died in early childhood; and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called unto this day Absalom's Place, literally, "Absalom's Hand," recalling his memory like an uplifted hand. A significant contrast: the monument which his own vanity erected during his lifetime, and that actually placed over his body after his death! His example shows how jealously God guards the honor of parents and masters according to the Fourth Commandment, how severely He punishes disobedience and contempt of the authorities established by Him.