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2 Samuel 13:39

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

KJV

Cessavitque rex David persequi Absalom, eo quod consolatus esset super Amnon interitu.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυεὶδ τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν πρὸς Ἀβεσσαλώμ, ὅτι παρεκλήθη ἐπὶ Ἀμνὼν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.

LXX

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

ASV

וַ/תְּכַל֙ דָּוִ֣ד הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ לָ/צֵ֖את אֶל אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם כִּֽי נִחַ֥ם עַל אַמְנ֖וֹן כִּֽי מֵֽת

Hebrew

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In this verse

People DavidAbsalomAmnon

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
'bshlvm
proper_noun · 111×
אַמְנ֔וֹן
'mnvn
proper_noun · 28×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 203×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 2:17 — But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
  • 2Sam 14:1 — Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
  • Gen 24:67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
  • Gen 37:35 — And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
  • Gen 38:12 — And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
  • Gen 38:12 — And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
  • Phil 2:26 — For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.