1 And Joab was told, “Behold, the king is weeping and amourning for Absalom.”
2 So the victory that day was turned into amourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.”
3 And the people1 stole back ainto the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 But the king acovered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, b“O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Then aJoab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who today have saved your life, the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives and the lives of your concubines,
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Introduction to 2 Samuel
See the Introduction to Samuel in the notes on First Samuel