Joab Rebukes David
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It was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."
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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."
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And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
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The king 1covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, 2"O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
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Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters and the lives of your wives and your concubines,
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because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you, for today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.
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Now therefore arise, go out and speak 3kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now."
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Then the king arose and took his 4seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had 5fled every man to his own home.
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And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, 6"The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and 7saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now 8he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
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But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"
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And King David sent this message to 9Zadok and Abiathar the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?a
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You are my brothers; 10you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'
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And say to Amasa, 11'Are you not my bone and my flesh? 12God do so to me and more also, if you are not 13commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.'"
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And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah 14as one man, so that they sent word to the king, "Return, both you and all your servants."
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So the king came back to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
2 Samuel 19:1
Disseram a Joabe: Eis que o rei está chorando e se lamentando por Absalão.
King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
2 Samuel 19:1
And Joab was told, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
2 Samuel 19:1
Informaram a Joabe que o rei estava chorando e se lamentando por Absalão.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)