Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while it was alive, but when the child died, you rose and ate food.”
2 Samuel 13:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 As soon as he had finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived and raised their voices and wept, and the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as he finished speaking, the king's sons came and lifted up their voices and wept; and the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. Common English Bible When Jonadab finished speaking, the princes arrived. They broke into loud crying, and the king and his servants cried hard as well. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had ceased speaking, the sons of the king also appeared. And entering, they lifted up their voice, and they wept. And the king also, and all his servants, wept with an exceedingly great weeping. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he made an end of speaking, the king's sons also appeared. And coming in they lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very much. |
Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while it was alive, but when the child died, you rose and ate food.”
Then Amnon was seized with a very great loathing for her; indeed, his loathing was even greater than the lust he had felt for her. Amnon said to her, “Get out!”
Jonadab said to the king, “See, the king’s sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about.”
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son day after day.
The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept, and as he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”