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2 Samuel 19:3 · KJV

“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”

— 2 Samuel 19:3

Verse 2

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. {victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}

Verse 4

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Samuel 19 — Context

1

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

2

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. {victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}

3

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

4

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

5

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:32

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, {even} fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he {was} a very great man.

2 Samuel 17:24

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

Genesis 31:27

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? {steal...: Heb. hast stolen me}

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