2 Samuel 19:3

Good News Translation

They went back into the city quietly, like soldiers who are ashamed because they are running away from battle.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps.

2 Samuel 17:24

David had reached the town of Mahanaim by the time Absalom and the Israelites had crossed the Jordan. (

2 Samuel 19:2

And so the joy of victory was turned into sadness for all of David's troops that day, because they heard that the king was mourning for his son.

2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old. He was very rich and had supplied the king with food while he was staying at Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face and cried loudly, “O my son! My son Absalom! Absalom, my son!”