2 Samuel 13:39

And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

And the soul of king {H4428} David {H1732} longed {H3615} to go forth {H3318} unto Absalom {H53}: for he was comforted {H5162} concerning Amnon {H550}, seeing he was dead {H4191}.

But as King David became reconciled to the death of his son Amnon, he was increasingly filled with longing to see Avshalom.

And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 24:67 (4 votes)

    And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's [death].

  • Genesis 37:35 (3 votes)

    And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

  • Genesis 38:12 (3 votes)

    ¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

  • Psalms 84:2 (2 votes)

    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  • Philippians 2:26 (2 votes)

    For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

  • 2 Samuel 12:19 (2 votes)

    But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

  • 2 Samuel 12:23 (2 votes)

    But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.