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2 Samuel 18:32-33
New International Version - UK
2 Samuel 18:32-33
New International Version - UK
32 The king asked the Cushite, ‘Is the young man Absalom safe?’
The Cushite replied, ‘May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.’
33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: ‘O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you – O Absalom, my son, my son!’[a]
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- 2 Samuel 18:33 In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.
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