Verse 39

[the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.
  • Gen 38:12 : 12 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
  • Gen 31:30 : 30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"
  • Deut 28:32 : 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
  • 2 Sam 12:19-23 : 19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead." 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate. 21 Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread." 22 He said, "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?' 23 But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Ps 119:20 : 20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
  • Phil 2:26 : 26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.