2 Samuel 18:31-33

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³¹ Then the man from Cush arrived and said, “I have good news for my lord the king. Today Jehovah has rescued you from all those who rebelled against you.”

³² “What about young Absalom? Is he all right?” the king demanded.

And the man replied, “May all of your enemies be as that young man is!”

³³ Then the king broke into tears, and went up to his room over the gate, crying as he went. “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom. If only I could have died for you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”