2 Samuel 19:4

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And the king held his face in his hands and lamented loudly,

O my son Absalom,

Absalom my dear, dear son!

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

But the king covered his face and cried loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

and because the king had covered his face and cried with a loud voice, “My son, Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.”

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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