2 Samuel 19:4

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Overview - 2 Samuel 19
1	Joab causes the king to cease his mourning.
9	The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back.
11	David sends to the priests to incite them of Judah.
18	Shimei is pardoned;
24	Mephibosheth excused;
32	Barzillai dismissed, and Chimham his son taken into the king's family.
41	The Israelites expostulate with Judah for bringing home the king without them.

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2 Samuel 19:4 (King James Version)
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

covered: 15:30
O my son: It is allowed by competent critics that the lamentation of David over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly pathetic; and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repetition of the name of the deceased is common in the language of lamentation.; 18:33

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