2 Samuel 18:33

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And 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

And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

It was told Joab, “Behold, 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 pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.

Exodus 32:32

But now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.”

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to 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 and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race.

James 5:17

Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.