Therefore the [a]victory of that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard say that day, The King sorroweth for his son.

And the people went that day into the city [b]secretly, as people confounded hide themselves when they flee in battle.

So the King [c]hid his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom, Absalom my son, my son.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:2 Hebrew, salvation, or deliverance.
  2. 2 Samuel 19:3 Or, by stealth.
  3. 2 Samuel 19:4 As they do that mourn.

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