Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 19:3
2 Samuel 19:3 is verse 3 of 2 Samuel chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
King James Version
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
World English Bible
The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
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2 Samuel 19:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
2 And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
3 So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 19:32Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 17:24Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
Genesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.