 | 1853 - 640 pages
...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 son, my son !" (2 Sam. xviii. 33.) VOL. XVII. Second Series. E It was not the mere separation that drew forth so... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...but in the name of Absalom, goes and weeps and cries out, ' O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee ; O Absalom, my son, my son!' What is this we hear ? That he, whose life Israel valued at ten thousand of theirs, should be exchanged... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...following lamentation of the king of Israel. " O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! would to God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! " Every expression may be denominated figurative, when employed to denote something to which it was... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 570 pages
...reflection, and obliged him to lament in an ecstasy of grief — O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom : would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son b ? Such was the humanity of this excellent prince : a humanity that did not in the least proceed from... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - Anecdotes - 1824 - 392 pages
...gate, and wept ; and as he went, thus he said : " O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would to God I had died for thee ! O Absalom, my son, my son !" PROFESSOR PORS0N. The Professor Person was remarkable for a strong memory, which was not so puzzling... | |
 | Christian life - 1839 - 248 pages
...no more. To John it was indeed a pang : " O my son Absalom ! my son Absalom !" said he, " would to God I had died for thee: O Absalom, my son, my son!" Then sitting for some. time silent, "See," said he, " that ye call on me in the day of trouble, I will... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 612 pages
...the gate and wept: and as he went, thus he said; O, my son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom! would to God I had died for thee! O Absalom, my son, my son!" I have introduced this passage, with a hope that gay and thoughtless young men may be properly affected... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 398 pages
...once spoke to such a query, and this was her language ; " O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee ! O Absalom, my son, my son !" 2 Samuel xviii. 33. Did history ever record, or poetry ever invent, so melancholy a moan ? It breathes... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...Lev. x, 3. Here we trac ; the steps of David going up to his chamber, and crying with a loud voice, ' Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son ! my son !' 2 Sam. xviii, 33 ; and those of Ezekiel, who, forbidden to cry, silently resigned the ' desire of... | |
 | Consolation - 1825 - 434 pages
...his sons. Here we trace the steps of David going up to his chamber, and crying with a loud voice, " Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son ! my son!" and those of Ezekiel, who, forbidden to cry, silently resigned, " the desire of his eyes" to the stroke.... | |
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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! 
