 | 1802 - 596 pages
...The pillar of my family i» destroyed, and my first-born is on earth no more ! " O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ; would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !" I do not, however, rebel against toy Maker. I feel my loss, and I submit to the will of God. He... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pages
...the very act of his sin ; and this •was the occasion of those moving words, 0 my son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! We may charitably, and I think very reasonably suppose, that they are not only the expressions of... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...and the very act of his sin ; and this was the occasion of those moving words, 0 my son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! We may charitably, and I think very reasonably suppose, that they are not only the expressions of... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 pages
...aparttnent, and in a most pathetic and mournful exclamation* thus vented his grief: " O my son Absalom, my son, " my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee : O " Absalom, my son, my son !" - The king's excessive grief for Absalom turned the triumph of this victory into mourning among... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 pages
...no, nor the loud lamentation of David, when he exclaimed in an agony of woe : O my SOIL, Absalom, my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee : O Absalom, my son, my son ! 2 Sam. xviii. 33. no, nor the anguish of Rachel, weening for her children, and refusing to be comforted... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 pages
...news, he went up into his chamber, and wept z ** and, as he wept, 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 {" Here we have a striking instance of paternal love ; the warm affection of a fond father. Absalom's... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pages
...which he had sustained, that made 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... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah), Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 436 pages
...man Absalom, safe ?] What 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... | |
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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... 
