2 Samuel 18:33

English Standard Version 2016

And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Psalm 103:13

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

Exodus 32:32

But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.”

James 5:17

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

Genesis 21:11

And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart went out to Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”