2 Samuel 18:33

New King James Version

Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: “O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!”

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

So Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was concerned about Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

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

2 Samuel 19:4

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

Psalm 103:13

As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him.

Exodus 32:32

Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.”

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

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

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,

James 5:17

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.