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2 Samuel 13:39

AbsalomAmnonDavid
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37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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BSB
And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
KJV
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
WEB
King David longed to go out to Absalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
ASV
And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
DARBY
And king David longed to go forth to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
BLB
And king David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead.
ÅB
Dette avholdt kong David fra å dra ut imot Absalom; for han hadde trøstet seg over Amnons død.
OTB
Og kong Davids hjerte lengtet etter å dra ut til Absalom; og han var i angst over sin sønn Amnons død.
B1930
Dette avholdt kong David fra å dra ut imot Absalom; for han hadde trøstet sig over Amnons død.

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  • Genesis 24:67

    And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

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  • Genesis 38:12

    And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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  • Genesis 37:35

    And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

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  • Psalms 84:2

    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:19–23

    But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:32

    Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

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  • Philippians 2:26

    For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

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  • Genesis 31:30

    And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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