2 Samuel 18:31-33

EasyEnglish Bible

³¹ Then the Ethiopian man arrived. He said, ‘My lord the king, listen to this good news! Today the Lord has helped you to win the fight. He has kept you safe from all the people who turned against you.’

³² The king asked the Ethiopian man, ‘Is the young man Absalom safe?’

The man replied, ‘My lord the king, I hope that your enemies and all those who want to hurt you would be as dead as he is!’

³³ The king became very upset. He went upstairs to the room above the gate. He wept loudly. As he went, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! It would be better if I had died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!’