2 Samuel 19:1-8

1And it was toldH559 JoabH559, Behold, the kingH4428 weepeth and mourneth for AbsalomH53.

2And the victory that day was turned intoH5921 mourningH56 unto allH2009 the people: for the people heardH5046 say that day, The kingH4428 grieveth for his son.

3And the peopleH5971 gat them by stealth that dayH3117 intoH5921 the cityH1931, as peopleH5971 that are ashamed steal awayH3605 when they flee in battleH3117.

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

5And Joab came into the house to the kingH4428, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the facesH6440 of allH1419 thy servants, which this day have 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 them that love thee. For thou hast declaredH559 this dayH3117, that princes and servantsH5650 are nought unto thee: for this dayH3117 I perceive, that ifH1121 Absalom had livedH5315, and allH3605 weH3117 had died this dayH3117, then it had pleased thee well.

7NowH3117 therefore arise, go forthH3045 and speak comfortably unto thy servantsH5650: for I swearH3588 by the LORD, ifH3588 thou go notH369 forthH3045, there will notH369 tarry a manH4191 with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee thanH3605 allH3605 the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until nowH3117.

8Then the kingH5921 aroseH6965, and sat in the gate. And they toldH1696 unto allH3605 the peopleH376, sayingH1696, Behold, the kingH5921 doth sitH935 in the gate: and allH3605 the peopleH376 cameH935 beforeH5704 the kingH5921. NowH6258 Israel had fled everyH3605 manH376 to his tent.