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|2 Samuel 19:1|
Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”
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2
|2 Samuel 19:2|
And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.”
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3
|2 Samuel 19:3|
The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle.
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|2 Samuel 19:4|
The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
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|2 Samuel 19:5|
Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines.
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|2 Samuel 19:6|
You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead.
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|2 Samuel 19:7|
Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come upon you from your youth till now.”
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|2 Samuel 19:8|
So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, “The king is sitting in the gateway,” they all came before him. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.
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|2 Samuel 19:9|
Throughout the tribes of Israel, the people were all arguing with each other, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled the country because of Absalom;
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|2 Samuel 19:10|
and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”
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