2 Samuel 18:33 (WEB)
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
Fathers and councils · 5
Ambrose of Milan
“But for a sinner who has died without repentance, because nothing remains but to mourn grievously and to weep, you find him groaning and saying: “O my son Absalom! my son Absalom!”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. [2 Kings] xviii. 33.
Read the whole comment“Who will grant me to die for thee!”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. [2 Kings] xviii. 33 [LXX.].
Read the whole comment“What shall I say of holy David who bewailed the death of three sons, and, what was even worse than this, his daughter’s incestuous connection?” — editor's note: 2 Sam. [2 Kings] xii. 16; xiii. 31; xviii. 33.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And in the history of the New Testament by that so great and so wonderful forbearance of our Lord; in that He bore so long with him as if good, when He was not…” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xviii. 33.
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Jerome
“Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son!”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xviii. 33.
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Cross-references · 13
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Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.