While they were on their way, the report came to David: “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.”
So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.
The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.”