Verse 39

The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
  • Gen 38:12 : 12 After some time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
  • Gen 31:30 : 30 Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”
  • Deut 28:32 : 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.
  • 2 Sam 12:19-23 : 19 When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants,“Is the child dead?” They replied,“Yes, he’s dead.” 20 So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate. 21 His servants said to him,“What is this that you have done? While the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!” 22 He replied,“While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought,‘Perhaps the LORD will show pity and the child will live. 23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back at this point? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!’”
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
  • Ps 119:20 : 20 I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.
  • Phil 2:26 : 26 Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.