Bible verse
Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
2 Samuel 19:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Samuel 19.
1 Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
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.”
3 So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
KJV
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
ASV
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
ERV
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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