1AnditwastoldJoab, Behold,thekingH4428weepethandmournethforAbsalomH53. 2Andthevictorythatdaywasturnedintomourningוַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖לvai.yit.'a.BelH56untoallthepeople;forthepeopleheardsaythatday,ThekingH4428grievethforhisson. 3AndthepeopleH5971gatthembystealththatdayH3117intothecity,aspeopleH5971thatareashamed stealawaywhentheyfleeinbattle. 4Andtheking coveredhisface,andtheking criedwithaloud voice, Omyson Absalom, O Absalom,myson,myson! 5AndJoab came intothehousetothekingH4428,andsaid, Thou hast shamed this daythefacesH6440ofallthy servants,whothis dayhavesaved thy life,andthelivesofthysonsH1121andofthy daughters,andthelivesofthy wives,andthelivesofthy concubines; 6inthatthou lovestthemthathate thee,andhatestthemthatlove thee.Forthou hastdeclaredthisdayH3117,thatprincesandservantsH5650arenought unto thee:forthisdayH3117Iperceive,thatifAbsalomhadlived,andallwehaddiedthisdayH3117,thenithadpleased thee well. 7Nowthereforearise, goforth,andspeak comfortably unto thyservantsH5650;forIswearbyJehovah,ifthou gonotforth,therewillnottarryamanwiththeethisnight:andthatwillbeworse unto theethanalltheevilthathath befallen theefromthy youth untilnow. Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19
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