So the [a]victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, because the people heard it said that day, “The king is in mourning over his son.” And the people entered the city surreptitiously that day, just as people who are humiliated surreptitiously flee in battle. And the king (A)covered his face and [b]cried out with a loud voice, “(B)My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:2 Lit salvation
  2. 2 Samuel 19:4 Lit the king cried

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