Verse 31

2 Samuel 18:31

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31 The king broke down. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. As he walked, he sobbed out, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I'd died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה הַ/כּוּשִׁ֖י בָּ֑א וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר הַ/כּוּשִׁ֗י יִתְבַּשֵּׂר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי שְׁפָטְ/ךָ֤ יְהוָה֙ הַ/יּ֔וֹם מִ/יַּ֖ד כָּל הַ/קָּמִ֥ים עָלֶֽי/ךָ

English Translation

And behold, the Cushite came and said, "My lord the king, news is good because the LORD has judged today against all who rise up against you."

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Chapter 18 Context

1 David sent the army out divided into three sections. One third was commanded by Joab, one third was... Focus ↗

2 But the men replied, “No, you must not go out into battle! For if we have to run away, they won't ca... Focus ↗

3 “I will do whatever you think best,” the king replied. The king stood beside the gate while all his... Focus ↗

4 The king ordered Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Treat young Absalom gently for me.” All the men heard the... Focus ↗

5 David's army marched out to face the Israelites in battle, which was fought in the forest of Ephraim... Focus ↗

6 The Israelites were defeated by David's men and many were killed that day—some twenty thousand. Focus ↗

7 The battle covered the whole countryside, and that day more died because of the forest than were kil... Focus ↗

8 Absalom ran into some of David's men while he was riding on his mule. As the mule went under the twi... Focus ↗

9 One of David's men saw what happened, so he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree!... Focus ↗

10 “What! You saw him like that?” Joab said to the man. “Why didn't you kill him right then and there?... Focus ↗

11 But the man replied, “Even if you gave me a thousand shekels of silver, I wouldn't hurt the king's s... Focus ↗

12 If I had disobeyed and killed Absalom—and the king finds out everything—you yourself wouldn't have d... Focus ↗

13 “I'm not going to waste time waiting around like this with you!” Joab told him. He grabbed three spe... Focus ↗

14 Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men stopped chasing the Israelites because Joab had signaled... Focus ↗

15 They took Absalom and threw him into a deep pit in the forest, and piled a large heap of stones over... Focus ↗

16 Absalom while he was alive had made a stone pillar and set it up in the King's Valley as a memorial... Focus ↗

17 Then Ahimaaz, son of Zadok, said, “Please let me run and take the good news to the king that the Lor... Focus ↗

18 “You're not the man to take the good news today,” Joab replied. “You can do it some other time, but... Focus ↗

19 So Joab said to a man from Ethiopia, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” He bowed to Joab and... Focus ↗

20 Ahimaaz asked Joab again, “Never mind what happens, please let me run too, after the Ethiopian!” “So... Focus ↗

21 “Doesn't matter, I want to run anyway,” he said. “Fine, start running!” Joab told him. Ahimaaz took... Focus ↗

22 David was sitting between the inside and outside gates. The watchman climbed up to the roof of the g... Focus ↗

23 So he shouted down to tell the king. “If he's by himself then he's bringing good news,” the king rep... Focus ↗

24 the watchman saw someone else running, and he shouted down to the gatekeeper, “Look! There's another... Focus ↗

25 “The first man seems to me to be running like Ahimaaz, son of Zadok,” said the watchman. “He's a goo... Focus ↗

26 Ahimaaz shouted out greetings to the king. Then he came and he bowed facedown before the king. “Bles... Focus ↗

27 “How is young Absalom? Is he all right?” the king asked. Ahimaaz answered, “It was very chaotic when... Focus ↗

28 “Stand to one side and wait,” the king told him. So Ahimaaz stood to one side and waited. Focus ↗

29 Right then the Ethiopian arrived and said, “Your Majesty, listen to the good news! Today the Lord ha... Focus ↗

30 “How is young Absalom? Is he all right?” the king asked. The Ethiopian replied, “May what has happen... Focus ↗

31 The king broke down. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. As he walked, he sobbed out, “M...

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Book: 2 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 18 (31 verses)
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