2 Samuel 19:2

and the salvation on that day becomes mourning to all the people, for the people have heard on that day, saying, “The king has been grieved for his son.”

Literal Standard Version

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

1And it is declared to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom”;

3And the people steals away, on that day, to go into the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1And Joab son of Zeruial knows that the heart of the king [is] on Absalom,

Proverbs 19:12The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, || And his goodwill as dew on the herb.

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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