2 Samuel 19:3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

So they returned to the city quietly that day like people come in when they are humiliated after fleeing in battle.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

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,

2 Samuel 17:24

David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:2

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.”

2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was a very old man — 80 years old — and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the needs of the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 19:4

But the king hid his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! ”