2 Samuel 18:33

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept, and as he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s mind was on Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

It was told Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

2 Samuel 19:4

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

Psalm 103:13

As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.

Exodus 32:32

But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of the book that you have written.”

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.

James 5:17

Elijah was a human like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.