2 Samuel 19:3

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

Majority Standard Bible

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 that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”

4But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Cross References

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

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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