2 Samuel 18:33

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so the king, being greatly saddened, ascended to the upper room of the gate, and he wept. And as he went, he was speaking in this manner: "My son Absalom! Absalom my son! Who can grant to me that I may die on your behalf? Absalom, my son! My son, Absalom!"

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,

2 Samuel 19:1

Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.

2 Samuel 19:4

And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

Psalm 103:13

You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works,

Exodus 32:32

or, if you do not, then delete me from the book that you have written."

Proverbs 10:1

A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is the anger of the father and the grief of the mother who conceived him.

Romans 9:3

For I was desiring that I myself might be anathemized from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh.

James 5:17

Elijah was a mortal man like us, and in prayer he prayed that it would not rain upon the earth. And it did not rain for three years and six months.