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2Sa 19:4 — But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

covered		2Sa 15:30
O my son		It is allowed by competent critics that the lamentation of David over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly pathetic; and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repetition of the name of the deceased is common in the language of lamentation. 2Sa 18:33

Correlating Passages

covered

2Sa 15:30

And David went up by the ascent of [mount] Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that [was] with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

O my son

2Sa 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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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 19:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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