Verse 33

And the king{H4428} was much moved{H7264}{(H8799)}, and went up{H5927}{(H8799)} to the chamber{H5944} over the gate{H8179}, and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}: and as he went{H3212}{(H8800)}, thus he said{H559}{(H8804)}, O my son{H1121} Absalom{H53}, my son{H1121}, my son{H1121} Absalom{H53}! would God I had died{H4191}{(H8800)} for thee{H5414}{(H8799)}, O Absalom{H53}, my son{H1121}, my son{H1121}!

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 19:4 : 4 But the king{H4428} covered{H3813}{(H8804)} his face{H6440}, and the king{H4428} cried{H2199}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8763)} his children{H1121}, so the LORD{H3068} pitieth{H7355}{(H8765)} them that fear{H3373} him.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs{H4912} of Solomon{H8010}. A wise{H2450} son{H1121} maketh a glad{H8055}{(H8762)} 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}{(H8802)} him.
  • Rom 9:3 : 3 For{G1063} I{G1473} could wish{G2172}{(G5711)} that myself{G846} were{G1511}{(G5750)} accursed{G331} from{G575} Christ{G5547} for{G5228} my{G3450} brethren{G80}, my{G3450} kinsmen{G4773} according{G2596} to the flesh{G4561}:
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive{H5375}{(H8799)} their sin{H2403}--; and if not, blot{H4229}{(H8798)} me, I pray thee, out of thy book{H5612} which thou hast written{H3789}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Sam 12:10-23 : 10 Now therefore the sword{H2719} shall never{H5704}{H5769} depart{H5493}{(H8799)} from thine house{H1004}; because{H6118} thou hast despised{H959}{(H8804)} me, and hast taken{H3947}{(H8799)} the wife{H802} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} to be thy wife{H802}. 11 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Behold, I will raise up{H6965}{(H8688)} evil{H7451} against thee out of thine own house{H1004}, and I will take{H3947}{(H8804)} thy wives{H802} before thine eyes{H5869}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} them unto thy neighbour{H7453}, and he shall lie{H7901}{(H8804)} with thy wives{H802} in the sight{H5869} of this sun{H8121}. 12 For thou didst{H6213}{(H8804)} it secretly{H5643}: but I will do{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697} before all Israel{H3478}, and before the sun{H8121}. 13 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Nathan{H5416}, I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068}. And Nathan{H5416} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732}, The LORD{H3068} also hath put away{H5674}{(H8689)} thy sin{H2403}; thou shalt not die{H4191}{(H8799)}. 14 Howbeit{H657}, because by this deed{H1697} thou hast given{H5006} great occasion{H5006}{(H8763)} to the enemies{H341}{(H8802)} of the LORD{H3068} to blaspheme{H5006}{(H8765)}, the child{H1121} also that is born{H3209} unto thee shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} die{H4191}{(H8799)}. 15 And Nathan{H5416} departed{H3212}{(H8799)} unto his house{H1004}. And the LORD{H3068} struck{H5062}{(H8799)} the child{H3206} that Uriah's{H223} wife{H802} bare{H3205}{(H8804)} unto David{H1732}, and it was very sick{H605}{(H8735)}. 16 David{H1732} therefore besought{H1245}{(H8762)} God{H430} for the child{H5288}; and David{H1732} fasted{H6684}{(H8799)}{H6685}, and went in{H935}{(H8804)}, and lay{H7901}{(H8804)} all night{H3885}{(H8804)} upon the earth{H776}. 17 And the elders{H2205} of his house{H1004} arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and went to him, to raise him up{H6965}{(H8687)} from the earth{H776}: but he would{H14}{(H8804)} not, neither did he eat{H1262}{(H8804)} bread{H3899} with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117}, that the child{H3206} died{H4191}{(H8799)}. And the servants{H5650} of David{H1732} feared{H3372}{(H8799)} to tell{H5046}{(H8687)} him that the child{H3206} was dead{H4191}{(H8804)}: for they said{H559}{(H8804)}, Behold, while the child{H3206} was yet alive{H2416}, we spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto him, and he would not hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} unto our voice{H6963}: how will he then{H6213} vex{H7451} himself{H6213}{(H8804)}, if we tell{H559}{(H8799)} him that the child{H3206} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}? 19 But when David{H1732} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that his servants{H5650} whispered{H3907}{(H8693)}, David{H1732} perceived{H995}{(H8799)} that the child{H3206} was dead{H4191}{(H8804)}: therefore David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his servants{H5650}, Is the child{H3206} dead{H4191}{(H8804)}? And they said{H559}{(H8799)}, He is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}. 20 Then David{H1732} arose{H6965}{(H8799)} from the earth{H776}, and washed{H7364}{(H8799)}, and anointed{H5480}{(H8686)} himself, and changed{H2498}{(H8762)} his apparel{H8071}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)}: then he came{H935}{(H8799)} to his own house{H1004}; and when he required{H7592}{(H8799)}, they set{H7760}{(H8799)} bread{H3899} before him, and he did eat{H398}{(H8799)}. 21 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} his servants{H5650} unto him, What thing{H1697} is this that thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)}? thou didst fast{H6684}{(H8804)} and weep{H1058}{(H8799)} for the child{H3206}, while it was alive{H2416}; but when the child{H3206} was dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, thou didst rise{H6965}{(H8804)} and eat{H398}{(H8799)} bread{H3899}. 22 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, While the child{H3206} was yet alive{H2416}, I fasted{H6684}{(H8804)} and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}: for I said{H559}{(H8804)}, Who can tell{H3045}{(H8802)} whether GOD{H3068} will be gracious{H2603}{(H8804)}{(H8675)}{H2603}{(H8762)} to me, that the child{H3206} may live{H2416}? 23 But now he is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, wherefore should I fast{H6684}{(H8802)}? can{H3201}{(H8799)} I bring him back again{H7725}{(H8687)}? I shall go{H1980}{(H8802)} to him, but he shall not return{H7725}{(H8799)} to me.