KJV King James Version
And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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2 Samuel 13:39
And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
WEB World English Bible
King David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
ASV American Standard Version
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the soul of king David determineth to go out unto Absalom, for he hath been comforted for Amnon, for he is dead.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 13
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
39 And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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וַתְּכַל֙H3615 · ka.lahto end: finishדָּוִ֣דH1732 · da.vidDavidהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingלָצֵ֖אתH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםH53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforנִחַ֥םH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortעַל־H5921 · aluponאַמְנ֖וֹןH550 · am.nonAmnonכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforמֵֽת׃ סH4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s [death].Genesis 38:12And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.2 Samuel 12:19-23But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.Genesis 31:30And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand.Psalm 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.Philippians 2:26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.Psalm 119:20My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
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