While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone.
Then the Cushite arrived and said, "My lord the king, hear the good news! The lord has delivered you today from all who rose up against you."
The king asked the Cushite, "Is the young man Absalom safe?"
The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man."
The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you151;O Absalom, my son, my son!"
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In Business Terms During my childhood, my father served as executive director of a Christian organization. I can't count the number of times we dropped him off or picked him up at the Peoria (Illinois) airport. My brothers and I shared in the ...
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