Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 19:1
A church father on this verse
“But when king David had suffered this injury at the hands of his impious and unnatural son, he not only bore with him in his mad passion but mourned over him in his death. He certainly was not caught in the meshes of carnal jealousy, seeing that it was not his own injuries but the sins of his son that moved him. For i…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom; would God I had died for thee, even I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son!
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— 2 Samuel 19:1 —
2And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
3And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.