2 Samuel 19:2 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 19:2

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,

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 19:2

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American Standard Version
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.

Amplified® Bible
So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for they heard it said, The king grieves for his son.

Contemporary English Version
David's army found out he was crying because his son had died, and their day of victory suddenly turned into a day of sadness.

Darby English Version
And the victory that day was [turned] into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.

Good News Bible
And so the joy of victory was turned into sadness for all of David's troops that day, because they heard that the king was mourning for his son.

King James Version
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

New American Standard Bible
The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard {it} said that day, "The king is grieved for his son."

New International Version
And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, "The king is grieving for his son."

New King James Version
So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The victory that day has turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, "The king grieves for his son."

Revised Standard Version
So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."

Young's Literal Translation
and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, `The king hath been grieved for his son.'

New English Translation
So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.”

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