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So they returned to the city quietly that day like troops come in when they are humiliated after fleeing in battle.
Barzillai was a very old man #– #eighty years old #– #and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the needs of the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
Why did you secretly flee from me, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and lyres,
That day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the troops because on that day the troops heard, ‘The king is grieving over his son.’
But the king covered his face and cried loudly, ‘My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! ’