...like that ot David, bewailing the sad catastrophe : " O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom : would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son." Thu> we see, that the very connexions which make up a great part or what we call happiness in this...

...David with such bitterness of soul exclaim, " O " my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom : " would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my " son, my son !" Had Absalom died in his infancy, what sharp pangs would David have escaped ! We now proceed to consider...

...over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would GOD I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! ANNOTATIONS AKD REFLECTIONS. i David experienced the happy effects of his faith and piety; for it pleased...

...the gate, and wept : and, as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! Then David went back to his house at Jerusalem. LESSON XCV. i KINGS, CHAP. i. 5 T1C7"HEN king David...

...did he say when he heard of his death ? 33. [Ans. O 1117 son Absalom, my son my son Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !] PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION. • Instruction. — The fate of Absalom should serve as a warning to all...

...Witness so many Davids, who exclaim with excess of grief, O my son Absalom — my son, my son Absalom — would to God I had died for thee — O Absalom, my son, my son ! ! ! 2 Sam. xviii. 33. But in the ties which connect the family of Jesus Christ, there is no mixture...

...these distressed Davids, who weep as they go, and exclaim, " O Absalom my son ! my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee ! O Absalom my son, my son!" 2 Sam. xviii. 33. -tVitness these Rachels, who make Rama echo with their cries, " refusing to be comforted,...

...the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! CHAP. XIX. AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 2 And the victory...

...gate, and wept; and as he went thus he said, Q •»y son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee ! O Absalom, my son, my son !" (2 Sam. xviii. 33.) He had reason to fear that* the youth was very unfit to die, and therefore shuddered...

...x. 3). Here we trace the steps of David going up to his chamber, and crying with a loud voice, Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son ! my son ! (2 Sam. xviii. 33.) and those of Ezekiel, who, forbidden to cry, silently resigned the desire of...