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2 Samuel 19:4

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

KJV

Porro rex operuit caput suum, et clamabat voce magna : Fili mi Absalom, Absalom fili mi, fili mi.

Vulgate

καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔκρυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔκραξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγων Υἱέ μου Ἀβεσσαλώμ, Ἀβεσσαλὼμ υἱὲ μου.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב הָ/עָ֛ם בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/ה֖וּא לָ/ב֣וֹא הָ/עִ֑יר כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְגַּנֵּ֗ב הָ/עָם֙ הַ/נִּכְלָמִ֔ים בְּ/נוּסָ֖/ם בַּ/מִּלְחָמָֽה

Hebrew

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People Absalom

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
נִכְלָמִ֣ים
nklmym
verb · 38×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
תִּגְנֹ֤ב
tgnb
verb · 39×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 3:2 — The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
  • 2Sam 15:30 — And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went
  • 2Sam 15:30 — And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went
  • 2Sam 18:33 — And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my so
  • 2Sam 18:33 — And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my so