2 Samuel 18:33

New Living Translation

The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Joab realized how much the king longed to see Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Psalm 103:13

The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

Exodus 32:32

But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child brings joy to a father; a foolish child brings grief to a mother.

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

Romans 9:3

for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.

James 5:17

Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!