| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 páginas
...written, " to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said ; 0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee ! O Absalom, my son, my son!'' — Sermon xi. p. 335. * Is not this one of the earliest intercessions on behalf of the poor slaves... | |
| William Jay - 1834 - 326 páginas
...went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and, as he went, thus he said, 0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !" But this parental affection is stronger on the side of the female than the male. Not only has the... | |
| rev William Ellis - 298 páginas
...gate and wept ; and as he wept, thus he said : O, my son Absalom ! my sou, my son Absalom ! Would to God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" The victory was turned into mourning, and the people who had triumphed "got them by stealth that day... | |
| W. E. Trenchard - 1835 - 454 páginas
...could make him lament his death in those expressions of the keenest anguish — " O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! "f He will recur to the history of Samuel — to the strong, disinterested, self-renouncing benevolence... | |
| Gordon Slynn Baron Slynn of Hadley - 2000 - 724 páginas
...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!"14 There is every reason to believe that Jacob's pain was as deep, for it was said that "...Israel... | |
| Elizabeth Freeman - 2002 - 316 páginas
...sister" reconjugates "Absalom, Absalom!"— itself a modif1cation of King David's "my son, my son": "Oh my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would...God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (2 Sam. 18:33). And Rosa's cry evokes the repetition of "my sister, my spouse" in the Song of Solomon... | |
| John Phillips - 2002 - 600 páginas
...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!" (18:33) We see in David's sorrow the meaning of this proverb: "The way of transgressors is hard." David... | |
| Clyde H. Box - 2002 - 174 páginas
...Absalom was killed, a little bit of David went to that shallow grave with him. "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" (II Sam. 18:33). Disappointment! We all know what it is to have disappointments. Maybe a preacher,... | |
| Philip R. Davies, Alastair G. Hunter - 2002 - 506 páginas
...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!' (2 Sam. 18.31-33) David is the great lamenter of the Bible, more so even than Jeremiah. The first part... | |
| Adrian Havill - 2002 - 302 páginas
...is motions and emotion." Helfand opened a Bible and began reading from the second book of Samuel. " 'Oh my son, Absalom. My son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee. Oh Absalom, my son, my son.' " It was a daring move. Helfand seized on the moment. He... | |
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