| Elizabeth Achtemeier - Religion - 1976 - 228 pages
...toward a private place where he can mourn unashamedly: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (II Sam. 18:33)? Or what mother, whose children have somehow slipped away from her, does not know Rachel's... | |
| Peter R. Ackroyd - Bibles - 1977 - 264 pages
...deeply moved and went up to the roof-chamber over the gate and wept, crying out as he went, 'O, my son! Absalom my son, my son Absalom ! If only I had...died instead of you ! O Absalom, my son, my son.' [a] Sir ... sent me: prob. rdg.; Heb. At the sending of Joab the king's servant and your servant. [b]... | |
| James L. Crenshaw - Bible - 1978 - 186 pages
...reaches its climax in a powerful lament over Absalom. O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son! (2 Samuel 18:33; H 19:1) Comical Aspects Certain features of the Samson saga resemble comedy more than... | |
| David F. Payne - Religion - 1982 - 302 pages
...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!" The story of the battle is told briefly, and then, in more detail, we read how Absalom was killed and... | |
| Lawrence Boadt - Religion - 1984 - 580 pages
...Joab who saved his life. He utters one of the most moving lines of the Old Testament: "Absalom my son! My son, my son Absalom. If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son" (2 Sam 19:1). In his old age still another son, Adonijah, tries to take over... | |
| Betty Groth Syverson - Religion - 1987 - 114 pages
...words of encouragement, hope or blessing? 2 Sam. 18:33 — 19:4: "The king was shaken. . . .'Oh, my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you' " (v. 33). .David's grief over his son was so devastating that he said, "If only I had died instead... | |
| Religion - 1987 - 268 pages
...over the gate, and wept; and as he went, David said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" Psalm 102:1-12 1 Hear my prayer, O GOD [or LORD]; let my cry come to you! a Do not hide your face from... | |
| Peter Kreeft - Religion - 1988 - 308 pages
...like David mourning the death of his son Absalom: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom: Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (2 Sam 18:33). That makes Calvary infinitely poignant: see how much the Father loves us. We must never... | |
| James W. Angell - Religion - 1991 - 132 pages
...find a more trenchant line in the Bible than this: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" Matthew's Gospel describes the slaughter of the innocents (2:16) and Mark's Gospel the death of the... | |
| J. Cheryl Exum - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 228 pages
...provide for every contingency disqualifies him as a true tragic hero. Only with his moving lament, "My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom, if only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son," does David reach the point of tragic recognition, forced as he is to confront... | |
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