 The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is." "And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept ; and as he went, thus he said, 0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 470by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...father ! look at that society, there is thy son, at whose death thou didst exclaim, O Absalom, my son, would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son! And you,1 too, distressed Rachels ! whose voices are heard, lamenting, weeping, and mourning, refusing... | |
 | Thomas De Witt Talmage - New York (N.Y.) - 1801 - 256 pages
...pressing them against his temples as though he would press them in, crying: "0 Absalom! my son ! my son! Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom! my son! my son!" My friends, the question which David, the King, asked in regard to his son is the question that resounds... | |
 | 1869
...showers of blessing." CHILDBEN IN RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLDS. " O MY son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! ke, though exquisitely delicate, hairs which cover its s I" — was the exceeding bitter cry of David as he went up to vent his grief in the chamber of the... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1803 - 666 pages
...child, how willingly, how gladly, would I part with it ! 0 my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom I Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son .'" But once more, 4. The pious parent cannot but be much distressed in such a circumstance as this,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 614 pages
...but in the name of 'Absalom, goes and weeps and cries out, 0 my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee; 0 Absalom, my son, my son! what is this we hear ? That he, whose life Israel valued at ten thousand of theirs, should be exchanged... | |
 | Missions - 1863 - 904 pages
...over the gate, and wept; and as he went thus he said, 0 m)' son Absalom ! my son, my son, Absalom, would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son ! " Such is the sad liistory and end of a favourite son, on whom all that wealw of love was squandered... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, kO my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! to me: "for I the LORD am holy, and phave severed you fr ! CHAP. XIX. 1 Joab cauteth the king to cease his mourning. y The Israelites are earnest to bring tne... | |
 | James Lindsay - Dissenters, Religious - 1818 - 520 pages
...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, 0 Absalom, my son, my son ! NEVER did parental sorrow vent itself in more pathetic accents, and never was it excited by a more... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1823 - 494 pages
...following apostrophe of the leader of Israel's choir ! \ "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son !" Keeping in mind how far the inspired bards of Israel exceed the poets of Greece and Rome, both in... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - Jews - 1829 - 350 pages
...the gate and tvept, and J as he wept, thus he said, O my son, Absalom ! my son, my son, Absalom .' would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son ,' This ill-timed, though natural grief, roused the indignation of the hardy Joab, and David was constrained... | |
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