2 Samuel 18:32-33

EasyEnglish Bible

³² The king asked the Ethiopian man, ‘Is the young man Absalom safe?’

The man replied, ‘My lord the king, I hope that your enemies and all those who want to hurt you would be as dead as he is!’

³³ The king became very upset. He went upstairs to the room above the gate. He wept loudly. As he went, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! It would be better if I had died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!’