And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
2 Samuel 19:1 - Modern King James Version And it was told to Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition IT WAS told Joab, Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom. American Standard Version (1901) And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. Common English Bible Joab was told that the king was crying and mourning Absalom. Catholic Public Domain Version Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son. |
And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand silverlings in my hand, yet I would not put forth my hand against the king's son. For in our ears the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware you who go against the young man, against Absalom.
And Joab said, I cannot stay here with you this way! And he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.
And Joab said to him, You shall not bear news today, but you shall bear good news some other day. But today you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
And the king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said this, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, For my sake be gentle with the young man, with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the commanders charge concerning Absalom.
And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people. For the people heard it said that day how the king was grieved for his son.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
And I will pour on the house of David, and on the people of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they shall look on Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be bitter over Him, as the bitterness over the first-born.