2 Samuel 19:3

And 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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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And 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.”

4And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:24Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

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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