"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." 2 Sam 18:18 KJV   He knew he must die one day. And he didn’t want his memory to perish out of the sight of men. He wanted his name to be carried on in his lineage after he might...