Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
O my son
General references
Bible References
O my son
2 Samuel 19:4
But the king hid his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
Would god
2 Samuel 12:10
Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.’
Psalm 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Proverbs 10:1
Solomon’s proverbs:
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.
and bitterness to the one who bore him.
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.
General references
2 Samuel 19:1
It was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom.”