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So the happiness of winning the battle that day was changed to sorrow for all the people. For they heard that day, “The king is filled with sorrow for his son.” So the people were quiet as they went in secret into the city that day. They acted like people who are ashamed when they run away from a battle. The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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