2 Samuel 18:17

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood,.... In the wood of Ephraim, near to which the battle was fought, and into which Absalom fled, and where he was slain:

and laid a…

A great heap of stones - See the marginal reference. This kind of monument is common to almost all early nations.

And laid a very great heap of stones - This was the method of burying heroes, and even traitors, the heap of stones being designed to perpetuate the memory of the event, whether good or bad. The…

Here is Absalom quite at a loss, at his wit's end first, and then at his life's end. He that began the fight, big with the expectation of triumphing over David himself, with whom, if he had had him in…

a very great heap of stones A monument of shame over the rebel's grave, as over that of Achan (Jos 7:26), and the king of Ai (Jos 8:29). Some think it was symbolic of the stoning which was the penalty…