He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: “May men praise you, for you have done well!”

I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life.

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.