His servants asked him, ‘Why have you done this? While the baby was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate food.’
2 Samuel 13:36 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons entered and wept loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as he finished speaking, the king's sons came and lifted up their voices and wept; and the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. Common English Bible When Jonadab finished speaking, the princes arrived. They broke into loud crying, and the king and his servants cried hard as well. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had ceased speaking, the sons of the king also appeared. And entering, they lifted up their voice, and they wept. And the king also, and all his servants, wept with an exceedingly great weeping. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he made an end of speaking, the king's sons also appeared. And coming in they lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very much. |
His servants asked him, ‘Why have you done this? While the baby was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate food.’
So Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that the hatred he hated her with was greater than the love he had loved her with. ‘Get out of here! ’ he said.
Jonadab said to the king, ‘Look, the king’s sons have come! It’s exactly as your servant said.’
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept. As he walked, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son! ’