Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Bible References
Lest
1 Samuel 2:33
Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and will cause you grief. All of those born to your family will die in the prime of life.
2 Chronicles 34:28
Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.'"'" Then they reported back to the king.
Esther 8:6
For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?"
Jeremiah 52:10
The king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.