2 Samuel 19:4

(19:5) But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Abshalom, O Abshalom, my son, my son!

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In The King James Version

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

In Context

3(19:4) And the people repaired by stealth on that day when coming into the city, as usually steal away the people who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

5(19:6) And Joab came to the king, into the house, and said, Thou hast covered with shame this day the faces of all thy servants, who have saved thy life this day, and the life of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the life of thy wives, and the life of thy concubines;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1And when now Joab the son of Zeruyah perceived that the heart of the king was [turned] toward Abshalom:

2 Samuel 18:33(19:1) And the king was much moved, and he went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, O my son Abshalom, my son, my son Abshalom! who would grant that I had died in thy stead, O Abshalom, my son, my son!

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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