KJV King James Version
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!
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2 Samuel 18:33
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!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate 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!”
WEB World English Bible
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
ASV American Standard Version
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 I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, ‘My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 18
30 And the king said [unto him], Turn aside, [and] stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
32 And the king said unto Cushi, [Is] the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do [thee] hurt, be as [that] young man [is].
33 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!
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וַיִּרְגַּ֣זH7264 · ra.gazto trembleהַמֶּ֗לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוַיַּ֛עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעַל־H5921 · aluponעֲלִיַּ֥תH5944 · a.liy.yahupper roomהַשַּׁ֖עַרH8179 · sha.argateוַיֵּ֑בְךְּH1058 · ba.khahto weepוְכֹ֣ה׀H3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayבְּלֶכְתּ֗וֹH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבְּנִ֤יH1121 · benson: childאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙H53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomבְּנִ֣יH1121 · benson: childבְנִ֣יH1121 · benson: childאַבְשָׁל֔וֹםH53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomמִֽי־H4310 · miwho?יִתֵּ֤ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveמוּתִי֙H4191 · mutto dieאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIתַחְתֶּ֔יךָH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underאַבְשָׁל֖וֹםH53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomבְּנִ֥יH1121 · benson: childבְנִֽי׃H1121 · benson: child
Cross-references
2 Samuel 19:4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!2 Samuel 12:10-23Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.Proverbs 17:25A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.Psalm 103:13Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.Exodus 32:32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.Romans 9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:James 5:17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
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