In Context

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

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

3 And the people got 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, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, which this day 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;

6 In that you love your enemies, and hate your friends. For you have declared this day, that you regard neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.

2 Samuel 19:4 in Other Translations