2 Samuel 19:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² 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

² 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

² 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 the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

2 Samuel 19:3

And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 19:12

A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.