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18:18. Now Absalom had reared up for himself, in his lifetime, a pillar,
which is in the king's valley: for he said: I have no son, and this
shall be the monument of my name. And he called the pillar by his own
name, and it is called the hand of Absalom, to this day.
No son... The sons mentioned above, chap. 14.27, were dead when this
pillar was erected: unless we suppose he raised this pillar before they
were born.
18:19. And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said: I will run and tell the king,
that the Lord hath done judgment for him from the hand of his enemies.
18:20. And Joab said to him: Thou shalt not be the messenger this day,
but shalt bear tidings another day: this day I will not have thee bear
tidings, because the king's son is dead.
18:21. And Joab said to Chusai: Go, and tell the king what thou hast
seen. Chusai bowed down to Joab, and ran.
18:22. Then Achimaas the son of Sadoc said to Joab again: Why might not
I also run after Chusai? And Joab said to him: Why wilt thou run, my
son? thou wilt not be the bearer of good tidings.
18:23. He answered: But what if I run? And he said to him: Run. Then
Achimaas running by a nearer way passed Chusai.
18:24. And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on
the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man
running alone.
18:25. And crying out he told the king: and the king said: If he be
alone, there are good tidings in his mouth. And as he was coming apace,
and drawing nearer,
18:26. The watchman saw another man running, and crying aloud from
above, he said: I see another man running alone. And the king said: He
also is a good messenger.
18:27. And the watchman said: The running of the foremost seemeth to me
like the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said: He is
a good man: and cometh with good news.
18:28. And Achimaas crying out, said to the king: God save thee, O king.
And falling down before the king with his face to the ground, he said:
Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men that have lifted
up their hands against the lord my king.
18:29. And the king said: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Achimaas
said: I saw a great tumult, O king, when thy servant Joab sent me thy
servant: I know nothing else.
18:30. And the king said to him: Pass, and stand here.
18:31. And when he had passed, and stood still, Chusai appeared and
coming up he said: I bring good tidings, my lord, the king, for the Lord
hath judged for thee this day from the hand of all that have risen up
against thee.
18:32. And the king said to Chusai: Is the young man Absalom safe? And
Chusai answering him, said: Let the enemies of my lord, the king, and
all that rise against him unto evil, be as the young man is.
18:33. The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber
over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son
Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom
my son, my son Absalom.
Would to God... David lamented the death of Absalom, because of the
wretched state in which he died: and therefore would have been glad to
have saved his life, even by dying for him. In which he was a figure of
Christ weeping, praying and dying for his rebellious children, and even
for them that crucified him.
2 Kings Chapter 19
David, at the remonstrances of Joab, ceaseth his mourning. He is invited
back and met by Semei and Miphiboseth: a strife between the men of Juda
and the men of Israel.
19:1. And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:
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