2 Samuel 19:4

Easy To Read Version

The king had covered his face. He was crying loudly, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1

Joab son of Zeruiah knew that King David missed Absalom very much.

2 Samuel 15:30

David went up the Mount of Olives. He was crying. He covered his head and he went without shoes on his feet. All of the people with David also covered their heads. They went with David, crying.

2 Samuel 18:33

{Then the king knew Absalom was dead}. The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. He kept crying again and again as he walked to that room. He was saying, “O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:3

The people came into the city quietly. They were like people who had been defeated in battle and had run away.

2 Samuel 19:5

Joab came into the king’s house. Joab said to the king, “You are humiliating every one of your officers! Look, those officers saved your life today. And they saved the lives of your sons and daughters and your wives and women servants. [106]