2 Samuel 19:1
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19 It was told Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”(A)
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2 Samuel 18:14
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14 Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.(A)
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2 Samuel 18:5
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5 The king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders concerning Absalom.(A)
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 Foolish children are a grief to their father
and bitterness to her who bore them.(A)
2 Samuel 18:33
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David Mourns for Absalom
33 [a]The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept, and as he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”(A)
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- 18.33 19.1 in Heb
2 Samuel 18:20
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20 Joab said to him, “You are not to carry tidings today; you may carry tidings another day, but today you shall not do so because the king’s son is dead.”
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2 Samuel 18:12
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12 But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom!’(A)
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