Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Samuel 18:33

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Samuel 18:33

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

2 Samuel 18:33

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"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! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" — 2 Samuel 18:33 (ASV)

There is not a passage of deeper pathos in the whole of the Old Testament than this. Compare this to Luke 19:41. In the Hebrew Bible, this verse begins the nineteenth chapter. The King James Version follows the Greek and Latin versions.