Quotes about Family
And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
— 2 Samuel 13:39
And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
— 2 Samuel 14:6
The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
— 2 Samuel 14:13
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
— 2 Samuel 14:23
But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.
— 2 Samuel 14:24
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
— 2 Samuel 14:27
So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
— 2 Samuel 14:33
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
— 2 Samuel 16:5
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
— 2 Samuel 17:25
The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
— 2 Samuel 18:33
But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
— 2 Samuel 19:4
Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
— 2 Samuel 19:5