1. Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
2. The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people; for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”
3. The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4. The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
5. Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;