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2 Samuel 19:4

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

2 Samuel 19:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:4

Theological / Devotional

O Absalom. The heart of David was torn with uncontrollable grief. He could think of nothing except that Absalom was dead. The return of his troops in triumph, the restoration of his throne, the end of the civil war, seemed to mean nothing, with Absalom gone.

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