2 Samuel 19:1-8

1And it was told Joab, Behold, the kingH4428 weepsH1058 and mourns for AbsalomH53.

2And the victory that day was [turned] into mourningH56 for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The kingH4428 is grieved for his son.

3And the peopleH5971 stole away that dayH3117 into the city, as peopleH5971 steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.

4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

5And Joab came into the house to the kingH4428, and said, Thou hast put to shame this day the facesH6440 of all thy servants who have this day saved thy life, and the lives of thy sonsH1121 and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines;

6in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest those that love thee. For thou hast declared this dayH3117, that neither princes nor servantsH5650 are anything to thee: for to-day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died to-day, then it would have been right in thine eyes.

7But now arise, go forth, and speak consolingly to thy servantsH5650; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that would be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen thee from thy youth until now.

8Then the king aroseH6965, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, sayingH1696, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people cameH935 before the king. NowH6258 Israel had fled every manH376 to his tent.