Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

Bible References

The soul of

Genesis 31:30
Now you have gone off because you long for your father—but why have you stolen my gods?”
Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.
Philippians 2:26
since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick.

Longed

Psalm 84:2
I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
Psalm 119:20
I am continually overcome
with longing for Your judgments.

Comforted

2 Samuel 12:23
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I’ll go to him, but he will never return to me.”
Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.
Genesis 38:12
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to the sheepshearers.

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