Quotes about Family
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
- 2 Samuel 13:30
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 13:32
So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
- 2 Samuel 13:33
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
- 2 Samuel 13:35
And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
- 2 Samuel 13:36
After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
- 2 Samuel 13:38
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