2 Samuel 19:4

New International Reader's Version

The king covered his face. He cried loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1

Joab, the son of Zeruiah, knew that the king longed to see Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:30

But David went on up the Mount of Olives. He was weeping as he went. His head was covered, and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too. And they were weeping as they went up.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the entrance of the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. Absalom! My son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:3

The men came quietly into the city that day. They were like fighting men who are ashamed because they’ve run away from a battle.

2 Samuel 19:5

Then Joab went into the king’s house. He said to him, “Today you have made all your men feel ashamed. They have just saved your life. They have saved the lives of your sons and daughters. And they have saved the lives of your wives and concubines.