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
Meanwhile, the king veiled his face and kept on crying loudly, "My son Absalom! Absalom my son, my son!"

Would god

2 Samuel 12:10
""Therefore the sword will never leave your household, because you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'
Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.
James 5:17
Elijah was a person just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and rain never came to the land for three years and six months.

General references

2 Samuel 19:1
Someone informed Joab, "The king is weeping bitterly, mourning for Absalom."

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