# the King's Valley This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # to carry along the memory of my name Absalom uses the phrase "my name" to refer to himself and his family line. Alternate translation: "to carry on my family name, by which people would remember me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) # so it is called Absalom's Monument to this very day This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "so people called it Absalom's Monument from that day on" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) # to this very day This refers to the present time when this book of the Bible was written.