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2 Samuel 19:3

Shame

1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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BSB
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
KJV
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
WEB
The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
ASV
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
DARBY
And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
BLB
And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as the people steal away who are ashamed in their fleeing in battle.
ÅB
Den dag stjal folket seg inn i byen, som folk stjeler seg hjem når de er skamfulle fordi de har flyktet i krigen.
OTB
Og folket snek seg inn i byen den dagen som folk sniker seg bort når de er ydmyket etter å ha flyktet i kamp.
B1930
Den dag stjal folket sig inn i byen, som folk stjeler sig hjem når de er skamfulle fordi de har flyktet i krigen.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 31:27

    Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

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  • 2 Samuel 17:24

    Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:32

    Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

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