2 Samuel 19:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

KJV

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

WEB

Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”

ASV

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

LSV

And it is declared to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom”;

YLT

And it is declared to Joab, 'Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'

DBY

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

DRC

And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:

GNV

And it was tolde Ioab, Behold, the King weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

JPS19:2

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

LXXE19:2

And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.

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WLC19:2

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לְיוֹאָ֑ב הִנֵּ֨ה הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ בֹּכֶ֛ה וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖ל עַל־אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃KJV:2Sam.19.1

LXX-Br19:2

Καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ Ἰωὰβ, λέγοντες, ἰδοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς κλαίει καὶ πενθεῖ ἐπὶ Ἀβεσσαλώμ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Samuel 18:14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
• 2 Samuel 18:5Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
• Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
• 2 Samuel 18:12The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young…
• 2 Samuel 18:20But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
• 2 Samuel 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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