And it came to pass after this
 After the reconciliation of David and Absalom, and the latter was admitted to court again: 
 that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses;
 to make himself look grand and respectable among the people; perhaps he got these from his grandfather at Geshur in Syria: 
 and fifty men to run before him;
 which added to his pomp and magnificence; and such great personages in later time have had; Nero the Roman emperor never went on a journey with less than a thousand calashes or chariots, and a great number of men that ran before him {c}: and this was tacitly setting himself up for king, at least preparing for it, as Adonijah afterwards did in the same way and manner, ( 1 Kings 1:5 ) .