that Absalom had no sons, and therefore erected a pillar to keep up the remembrance of his name; unless it can be thought that that was set up before he had any sons, which is not so likely; see Sa2 18:18 , and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; and whom he named after his sister Tamar, who was ravished by Amnon; the Septuagint version in some copies adds,"and she became the wife of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, and bore to him Abia;''and so says Josephus (b); see Kg1 15:22 , she was a woman of a fair countenance; as was her aunt, after whom she was named, Sa2 13:1 ; by this it appears that she lived to a woman's estate, though the sons of Absalom died young. (b) Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 8. sect. 5.)