2 Samuel 18:33
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 instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
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- 2 Samuel 19:4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
- 2 Samuel 12:10–12 Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’ “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”
- Psalm 103:13 Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.