2 Samuel 19:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Someone told Joab, “The king is crying because Absalom is dead.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All Jacob's children came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will go to my grave, mourning for my son.” So Jacob kept on grieving.

2 Samuel 18:12

The man answered, “Even if you paid me a thousand pieces of silver here and now, I still wouldn't touch the king's son. We all heard King David tell you and Abishai and Ittai not to harm Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, “I'm not going to waste any more time on you!” Absalom was still alive, so Joab took three spears and stuck them through Absalom's chest.

2 Samuel 18:20

Joab answered, “You're not the one to tell the king that his son is dead. You can take him a message some other time, but not today.”

2 Samuel 18:33

David started trembling. Then he went up to the room above the city gate to cry. As he went, he kept saying, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I could have died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:2

David's army found out he was crying because his son had died, and their day of victory suddenly turned into a day of sadness.

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children bring sorrow to their father and pain to their mother.

Zechariah 12:10

I, the LORD, will make the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem feel deep sorrow and pray when they see the one they pierced with a spear. They will mourn and weep for him, as parents weep over the death of their only child or their firstborn.