David's Grief

2 Samuel 18

³¹ Just then the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, "There is good news, my lord the king! For the LORD has avenged you this day of all those who rose against you." ³² And the king said to the Cushite, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" So the Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do harm, be like that young man!" ³³ Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: _q "O my son Absalom - my son, my son Absalom - if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, _r my son!"

1. Cross References
   2 Samuel 16:12
   "It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing this day."
   
2. Cross References
   2 Samuel 12:10
   'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'