پادشاه بسیار غمگین شد و به اتاق بالای دروازه رفت و گفت: «ای فرزندم، ابشالوم، ای پسرم ابشالوم! ای کاش من به جای تو میمردم! ای ابشالوم، فرزندم، پسرم!»
And the king was much moved, and went up 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!