2 Samuel 18:31-33

New Century Version

³¹ Then the Cushite arrived. He said, “Master and king, hear the good news! Today the Lord has punished those who were against you!”

³² The king asked the Cushite, “Is young Absalom all right?”

The Cushite answered, “May your enemies and all who come to hurt you be like that young man!”

³³ Then the king was very upset, and he went to the room over the city gate and cried. As he went, he cried out, “My son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died and not you. Absalom, my son, my son!”