...my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do 33 titea hurt, be as that young man is. And thou ? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid : spread therefore thy skirt over thine О my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom I would God I had died for thee, О Absalom, my son, my son...

...mourned with a very great and very sore lamentation; and King David himself followed the bier." " And the king was much moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept ; and as he wept thus, he said, O my son, Absalom ! my son, my son, Absalom ! would God, I had died for thee, O...

...dead, as if they were present or alive, and were listening to us; as in the following passage:— ' And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber...went, thus he said, O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !' LANGUAGE. Introduce apostrophe...

...were .rending the air with shouts of victory : he, poor conqueror ! " went up," as it is written, " to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he...went, thus he said ; O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee ! O Absalom, my son, my son!" — Sermon xi. p. 335. •...

...were rending the air with shouts of victory : he, poor conqueror ! " went up," as it is written, *' to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said ; O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee ! 0 Absalom, my son, my son!"—Sermon xi. p. 335. •...

...or of the interrogative, may form an exception. 2. And the king was much moved, and went up to tho chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom! — my son, my son Absalom! — would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, m/ »6n! 3. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem!...

...the king said, He also bringeth tidings." When the tidings were announced, the historian observes, " nued holding the head, while the other two were busy in curing the wound. Th It is afterward added, " Then the king arose and sat in the gate ; and they told unto all the people...

...against him, the Lord suffered Absalom to perish in the battle. But we read that his father David, " the king, was much moved, and went up to the chamber...went, thus he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! Would GOD I had died for thee,O Absalom, my son, my son! " Deep indeed and heavy was...

...set before you the wretchedness of David, when grieving over the hopeless death of Absalom ? " And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber...went, thus he said : O my son Absalom ; my son, my son Absalom — would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !" * The torment of Judas's...

...and lie was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone." — 2 Sam. xviii. 23, "And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept." While we are on this subiect, we may briefly allude to an explanation which Dr. Shaw has offered of...