2 Samuel 19:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

And the king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was drawn toward Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:30

And David was going up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, and his head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his own head, and they were going up, weeping as they went.

2 Samuel 18:33

Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And this is what he said as he walked: “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:3

And the people entered the city surreptitiously that day, just as people who are humiliated surreptitiously flee in battle.

2 Samuel 19:5

Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have shamed all your servants, who have saved your life today and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,