2 Samuel 19:2 - Tree of Life Version

Then Joab was told, “Look, the king is weeping and mourning over Absalom!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for they heard it said, The king grieves for his son.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.

Common English Bible

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the troops because they heard that day that the king was grieving for his son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said on that day, "The king is grieving over his son."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people. For the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.

2 Samuel 19:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was on Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

The king was shaken. So he went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. As he walked he cried, “My son Absalom! O my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:3

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the troops, for the troops heard it said that day, “The king is grieving over his son.”

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor like a cloud of spring rain.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s wrath is like a roaring lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.