2 Samuel 19:2

And so the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said on that day, “The king is grieving over his son.”

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In The 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.

In Context

1Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.

3And the people declined to enter the city on that day, in the manner that the people were accustomed to decline if they had turned and fled from battle.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,

Proverbs 19:12Like the roaring of a lion, so also is the wrath of a king. And his cheerfulness is like the dew upon the grass.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:2-9

Joab's Reproof of David. ( b. c. 1023.) 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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