2 Samuel 19:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.””
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“Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it is declared to Joab, `Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 19:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 37:35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- 2 Samuel 18:5Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:12The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
- 2 Samuel 18:14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
- 2 Samuel 18:20But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
- 2 Samuel 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
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