2 Samuel 19:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

It was reported to Joab, ‘The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, ‘I’m not going to waste time with you! ’ He then took three spears  in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s chest. While Absalom was still alive in the oak tree,

2 Samuel 18:5

The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.’ All the people heard the king’s orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept. As he walked, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son! ’

2 Samuel 18:20

Joab replied to him, ‘You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but today you aren’t taking good news, because the king’s son is dead.’

2 Samuel 18:12

The man replied to Joab, ‘Even if I had the weight of a thousand pieces of silver  in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, “Protect the young man Absalom for me.”  ,

2 Samuel 19:2

That day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the troops because on that day the troops heard, ‘The king is grieving over his son.’

Zechariah 12:10

‘Then I will pour out a spirit  , of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at  me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.