2 Samuel 18:33
The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 21:11Abraham took this grievously for his son.
2 Samuel 12:10Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel 19:1And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:
Psalms 103:13As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
James 5:17Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 18:20-33
David's Grief for Absalom. ( b. c. 1023.) 19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to… Read the whole commentary →