2 Samuel 19:3

New English Translation

That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?

2 Samuel 17:24

Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

2 Samuel 19:2

So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.”

2 Samuel 19:32

But Barzillai was very old – eighty years old, in fact – and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

2 Samuel 19:4

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