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29 So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as they had been[a] ordered, but the rest of David’s sons jumped up, mounted their mules, and escaped.

30 While they were still on the road, this rumor came to David: “Absalom has struck down all of the king’s sons and none of them has survived.” 31 David arose, ripped his clothes in anguish,[b] and collapsed to the ground while all of his staff stood by with their own clothes torn.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:29 Lit. as Absalom had
  2. 2 Samuel 13:31 The Heb. lacks in anguish