2 Samuel 19:3

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And the people declined to enter the city on that day, in the manner that the people were accustomed to decline if they had turned and fled from battle.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?

2 Samuel 17:24

Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

2 Samuel 19:2

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."

2 Samuel 19:32

Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.

2 Samuel 19:4

And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"