2 Samuel 19:1

Free Bible Version

Soon Joab was told, “The king is crying and mourning for Absalom.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him.

2 Samuel 18:12

But the man replied, “Even if you gave me a thousand shekels of silver, I wouldn't hurt the king's son. We all heard the king give the order to you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Look after young Absalom for me.’

2 Samuel 18:14

“I'm not going to waste time waiting around like this with you!” Joab told him. He grabbed three spears and drove them into Absalom's heart while he was still alive, hanging from the oak tree.

2 Samuel 18:20

“You're not the man to take the good news today,” Joab replied. “You can do it some other time, but don't do it today, because the king's son is dead.”

2 Samuel 18:33

The king broke down. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. As he walked, he sobbed out, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I'd died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 18:5

The king ordered Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Treat young Absalom gently for me.” All the men heard the king giving orders to each of his commanders about Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:2

Victory that day was turned into mourning for the whole army, because they were told, “The king is grieving for his son.”

Proverbs 17:25

A stupid son brings grief to his father and sadness to his mother who gave birth to him.

Zechariah 12:10

I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They will look at me whom they pierced, and they will wail in grief over him, mourning as for an only child, weeping bitterly as for a firstborn.