33 [a]Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And this is what he said as he walked: “(A)My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! (B)If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:33 Ch 19:1 in Heb

33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died(A) instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”[a](B)

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:33 In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.