...unto David in that case of his son Absalom, when he said, 0 my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee, O Absalom my son, my son. But at the same time, this was a different case, to that of Absalom's, for perhaps David thought, or...

...speak, and you hear the language of the heart : " O my son Absalom ! — my son, — my son Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son." To conclude ; An elegant writer possesses something more than that sprightliness of fancy, which substitutes...

...departed, but departed not to the mansions of the blest. " Oh, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my BOD." Or, in the event of your own death, what thorns will it plant in your pillow, with what deeper...

...young man." But David knew too well what this meant, and was much moved, wept, and said, " Would to God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !" Mama, bad as Absalom was, I am very sorry for David. MAMA. God forbid you should not, my dear; the...

...elegaic lament on Absalom's death best illustrates this: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (327). In God Knows, as in the Bible, this famous lament rings out, communicating the inexpressible...

...David was too busy. The bitter news came, and David cried, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (II Sam. 18:33} . But it was too late. This father in Mark 9 showed common sense in that he brought...

...over the city gate, and wept as he went. And 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!" (II Sam. 18:33). David has paid in full the heavy price, the fourfold price for his sin. David knows...

...of the relation which bound him so exclusively to David. O my son Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom my son, my son. It is not any father grieving for any son that we hear. It is one specific father of a certain time...

...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!"14 There is every reason to believe that Jacob's pain was as deep, for it was said that "...Israel...

...Absalom, a great wail of anguish burst from his broken heart: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (2 Samuel 18:33) Viewing the torn body of his handsome son and attending the funeral must have been difficult...