Berean Standard Bible

2 Samuel 19:2

“And 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.””

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¹Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

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.”

³So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

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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