2 Samuel 19:2

2 Samuel 19:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
• New International Version (NIV)And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."
• New Living Translation (NLT)As all the people heard of the king’s deep grief for his son, the joy of that day’s victory was turned into deep sadness.

Context of 2 Samuel 19:2

1And Joab was told, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.” 3And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4But the king covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:2 word by word

וַתְּהִ֨י הַתְּשֻׁעָ֜ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא לְאֵ֖בֶל לְכָל־הָעָ֑ם כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֣ע הָעָ֗ם בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר נֶעֱצַ֥ב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־בְּנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the victoryתְּשׁוּעָהteshû‛âh teshû‛âh · deliverance: victoryH8668
• that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• into mourningאֵ֫בֶל'êbel · mourningH60
• unto all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• how the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• was grievedעָצַב‛âtsab · to hurtH6087
• for his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 19:2

• Proverbs 16:15In the light of the king’s face is life, And his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.
• Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The victory - was turned into mourning - Instead of rejoicing that a most unnatural and ruinous rebellion had been quashed, the people mourned over their own success, because they saw their king so immoderately afflicted for the loss of his worthless son.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-82Sa 19:1-8. Joab Causes the King to Cease Mourning. 3. the people gat them by stealth ... to the city--The rumor of the king's disconsolate condition spread a universal and unseasonable gloom. His troops, instead of being welcomed back (as a victorious army always was) with music and other demonstrations of public joy, slunk secretly and silently into the city, as if ashamed after the commission of some crime.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 19:2

• Absalom
• David
• Joab
• Parents
• Reproof
• Sorrow

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings