2 Samuel 19:3

New International Reader's Version

The men came quietly into the city that day. They were like fighting men who are ashamed because they’ve run away from a battle.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away in secret and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away happily. We could have sung to the music of tambourines and harps.

2 Samuel 17:24

David went to Mahanaim. Absalom went across the Jordan River with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:2

The army had won a great battle that day. But their joy turned into sadness. That’s because someone had told the troops, “The king is filled with sorrow because his son is dead.”

2 Samuel 19:32

He was very old. He was 80 years old. He had given the king everything he needed while the king was staying in Mahanaim. That’s because Barzillai was very wealthy.

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face. He cried loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”