Verse 33

And the king{H4428} was much moved,{H7264} and went up{H5927} to the chamber{H5944} over the gate,{H8179} and wept:{H1058} and as he went,{H3212} thus he said,{H559} O my son{H1121} Absalom,{H53} my son,{H1121} my son{H1121} Absalom!{H53} would I had died{H4191} for thee,{H5414} O Absalom,{H53} my son,{H1121} my son!{H1121}

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 19:4 : 4 And the king{H4428} covered{H3813} his face,{H6440} and the king{H4428} cried{H2199} with a loud{H1419} voice,{H6963} O my son{H1121} Absalom,{H53} O Absalom,{H53} my son,{H1121} my son!{H1121}
• Ps 103:13 : 13 Like as a father{H1} pitieth{H7355} his children,{H1121} So Jehovah{H3068} pitieth{H7355} them that fear{H3373} him.
• Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs{H4912} of Solomon.{H8010} A wise{H2450} son{H1121} maketh a glad{H8055} father;{H1} But a foolish{H3684} son{H1121} is the heaviness{H8424} of his mother.{H517}
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish{H3684} son{H1121} is a grief{H3708} to his father,{H1} And bitterness{H4470} to her that bare{H3205} him.
• Rom 9:3 : 3 For{G1063} I{G1473} could wish that{G2172} I myself{G846} were{G1511} anathema{G331} from{G575} Christ{G5547} for{G5228} my{G3450} brethren's{G80} sake, my{G3450} kinsmen{G4773} according to{G2596} the flesh:{G4561}
• Exod 32:32 : 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive{H5375} their sin—;{H2403} and if not, blot{H4229} me, I pray thee, out of thy book{H5612} which thou hast written.{H3789}
• 2 Sam 12:10-23 : 10 Now therefore the sword{H2719} shall never{H5704} depart{H5493} from thy house,{H1004} because{H6118} thou hast despised{H959} me, and hast taken{H3947} the wife{H802} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} to be thy wife.{H802} 11 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will raise up{H6965} evil{H7451} against thee out of thine own house;{H1004} and I will take{H3947} thy wives{H802} before thine eyes,{H5869} and give{H5414} them unto thy neighbor,{H7453} and he shall lie{H7901} with thy wives{H802} in the sight{H5869} of this sun.{H8121} 12 For thou didst{H6213} it secretly:{H5643} but I will do{H6213} this thing{H1697} before all Israel,{H3478} and before the sun.{H8121} 13 And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Nathan,{H5416} I have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah.{H3068} And Nathan{H5416} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Jehovah{H3068} also hath put away{H5674} thy sin;{H2403} thou shalt not die.{H4191} 14 Howbeit,{H657} because by this deed{H1697} thou hast given{H5006} great occasion{H5006} to the enemies{H341} of Jehovah{H3068} to blaspheme,{H5006} the child{H1121} also that is born{H3209} unto thee shall surely{H4191} die.{H4191} 15 And Nathan{H5416} departed{H3212} unto his house.{H1004} And Jehovah{H3068} struck{H5062} the child{H3206} that Uriah's{H223} wife{H802} bare{H3205} unto David,{H1732} and it was very sick.{H605} 16 David{H1732} therefore besought{H1245} God{H430} for the child;{H5288} and David{H1732} fasted,{H6684} and went in,{H935} and lay{H7901} all night{H3885} upon the earth.{H776} 17 And the elders{H2205} of his house{H1004} arose,{H6965} [and stood] beside him, to raise him up{H6965} from the earth:{H776} but he would{H14} not, neither did he eat{H1262} bread{H3899} with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh{H7637} day,{H3117} that the child{H3206} died.{H4191} And the servants{H5650} of David{H1732} feared{H3372} to tell{H5046} him that the child{H3206} was dead;{H4191} for they said,{H559} Behold, while the child{H3206} was yet alive,{H2416} we spake{H1696} unto him, and he hearkened{H8085} not unto our voice:{H6963} how will he then{H6213} vex{H7451} himself,{H6213} if we tell{H559} him that the child{H3206} is dead!{H4191} 19 But when David{H1732} saw{H7200} that his servants{H5650} were whispering{H3907} together, David{H1732} perceived{H995} that the child{H3206} was dead;{H4191} and David{H1732} said{H559} unto his servants,{H5650} Is the child{H3206} dead?{H4191} And they said,{H559} He is dead.{H4191} 20 Then David{H1732} arose{H6965} from the earth,{H776} and washed,{H7364} and anointed{H5480} himself, and changed{H2498} his apparel;{H8071} and he came{H935} into the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and worshipped:{H7812} then he came{H935} to his own house;{H1004} and when he required,{H7592} they set{H7760} bread{H3899} before him, and he did eat.{H398} 21 Then said{H559} his servants{H5650} unto him, What thing{H1697} is this that thou hast done?{H6213} thou didst fast{H6684} and weep{H1058} for the child,{H3206} while it was alive;{H2416} but when the child{H3206} was dead,{H4191} thou didst rise{H6965} and eat{H398} bread.{H3899} 22 And he said,{H559} While the child{H3206} was yet alive,{H2416} I fasted{H6684} and wept:{H1058} for I said,{H559} Who knoweth{H3045} whether Jehovah{H3068} will not be gracious{H2603} to me, that the child{H3206} may live?{H2416} 23 But now he is dead,{H4191} wherefore should I fast?{H6684} can{H3201} I bring him back again?{H7725} I shall go{H1980} to him, but he will not return{H7725} to me.