◄ 2 Samuel 19:1 ►
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Good News Translation
Joab was told that King David was weeping and mourning for Absalom.

New Revised Standard Version
It was told Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

Contemporary English Version
Someone told Joab, "The king is crying because Absalom is dead."

New American Bible
Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom,”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:

2 Samuel 18:5,12,14,20,33 And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom. . . .

Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

Context
Joab Reproves David
1And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:2And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:5
And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:14
And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but I will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,

2 Samuel 19:2
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day: The king grieveth for his son.

Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.

2 Samuel 18:33
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