2 Samuel 19:3

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The troops stole into the city that day as soldiers steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why did you flee secretly and deceive me and not tell me? I would have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre.

2 Samuel 17:24

Then David came to Mahanaim, while Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:2

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the troops; for the troops heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.”

2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”