A father's love! Absalom had killed his brother Amnon, fled and then plotted to take the the crown from his father. But David was in such pain at his loss. He loved Absalom against all reason. Love is like that.

2 Samuel 18:33

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And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
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