While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom struck down all the king’s sons; not even one of them survived! ”
So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded. Then all the rest of the king’s sons got up, and each fled on his mule.
In response the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take it back.”