So Jonadab said to the king, “Behold, the king’s sons are coming. As your servant spoke, so it is.”
Absalom fled. Now when the servant who was keeping watch looked up, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him, around the hill.
As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the sons of the king came, lifted their voices, and wept. The king and all of his servants also wept loudly.