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