2 Samuel 19:3

2 Samuel 19:3

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,

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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By stealth - Not openly and triumphantly, as conquerors use to do; but secretly, as if they were afraid and ashamed, lest David should see them, and look upon them with an evil eye, as those that had an hand in killing of his beloved son.

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