2 Samuel 13:39
And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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38So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
Cross References
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 37:35And 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 to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another people. And thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day, and there shall be nothing in the power of thy hand.
2 Samuel 14:1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
Psalms 119:20My soul breaks for the longing that it has to thine ordinances at all times.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:31-39
Amnon's Death; Absalom's Flight. ( b. c. 1032.) 30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by… Read the whole commentary →