And the people entered the city surreptitiously that day, just as people who are humiliated surreptitiously flee in battle. And the king (A)covered his face and [a]cried out with a loud voice, “(B)My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!” Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have shamed [b]all your servants, who have saved your life today and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:4 Lit the king cried
  2. 2 Samuel 19:5 Lit the faces of all

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