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2 Samuel 19:4

2 Samuel chapter 19 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Context

v.3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

v.4This passage

v.5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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 I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  • 2 Samuel 15:30

    And David went up by the ascent of themount ofOlives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.