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
The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Would god

2 Samuel 12:10
Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
Psalm 103:13
Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

General references

2 Samuel 19:1
Then it was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom.”