Now Jo´ab the son of Zeru-i´ah perceived that the king's heart was toward Ab´salom.
2 Samuel 19:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Ab´salom! O Ab´salom, my son, my son! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the king covered his face and cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! American Standard Version (1901) And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! Common English Bible The king covered his face and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, my son Absalom! Oh, Absalom, my son! My son!” Catholic Public Domain Version And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son. |
Now Jo´ab the son of Zeru-i´ah perceived that the king's heart was toward Ab´salom.
And David went up by the ascent of mount Ol´ivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Ab´salom! my son, my son Ab´salom! would God I had died for thee, O Ab´salom, my son, my son!
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
And Jo´ab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;