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.
Proverbs 10:1
Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
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.
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.”

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