Find All Holy Land Churches . Absalom’s pillar is a marker for more than one reason. The pillar marked the place where Absalom polled his head, and as such a marker of his own vanity and self-assurance. A monument to Absalom stood in this place according to Josephus. The valley is further called the valley of Shaveh, heb level ground, or literally made equivalent or like unto. The most remarkable care of deity to provide for not only Abraham, but all those who have the same faith as him, a man who could perfectly represent the aspirations of deity in a disposition of holiness, and at the same time a partaker of human nature. Visit us at .