4 The king covered his face and cried aloud, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"
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!
4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
4 And the king held his face in his hands and lamented loudly, O my son Absalom, Absalom my dear, dear son!
4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"
4 The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, "OÂ my son Absalom! OÂ Absalom, my son, my son!"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:4
Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:1-8
(Read 2 Samuel 19:1-8)
To continue to lament for so bad a son as Absalom, was very unwise, and very unworthy. Joab censures David, but not with proper respect and deference to his sovereign. A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be with rudeness and insolence. Yet David took the reproof and the counsel, prudently and mildly. Timely giving way, usually prevents the ill effects of mistaken measures.