So the people entered the city by stealth that day, as a people who have been disgraced steal away when they flee from battle.
Why did you flee away secretly and sneak away from me and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and with songs, with the tambourine and harp.
David came to Mahanaim as Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and every Israelite with him.
The victory that day was turned into mourning for all of the people, for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.”
Barzillai was very old, eighty years old. But he sustained the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.
The king covered his face and called with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, my son, my son!”