While they were on the way, a report came to David saying, “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons and not one of them is left!”
So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon as Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, each mounted his mule and fled.
Then the king stood up, rent his clothes and lay on the ground, and all his courtiers were standing by with their clothes rent.
Upon seeing her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You made me bow down in grief—you’ve made me miserable! For I have opened my mouth to Adonai, and I cannot take it back.”