Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 18:18:

• Kupsabiny: “(In those days when Absalom was still alive, he had taken a stone and raised it in a place which was called Valley of the King. He did like that because, he did not have a son whom he could give/call his name. So, that stone is called ‘Stone of Absalom" until today.)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “While Absalom was alive, he erected a pillar in the king’s valley, for he thought like this: "So that my name survives even though I do not have a son." So he gave his own name to that pillar, and even today that pillar is called Absalom’s Statue.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Absalom was still alive he set-up/built a monument for himself in the Plain/Valley of the King, for he had no male child/(son) to carry his name. He named it ‘Monument of Absalom’, and the name of it is still the same until now.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Absalom had no sons to preserve his family name. So, while Absalom was alive, he built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley near Jerusalem, in order that people would remember him. He put his name on the monument, and people still call it Absalom’s monument.” (Source: Translation for Translators)