2Samuel:19:1-6
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And it was told Joab ,
Behold ,
the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom .
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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 .
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And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city ,
as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle .
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But the king covered his face ,
and the king cried with a loud voice ,
O my son Absalom ,
O Absalom ,
my son ,
my son !
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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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In that thou lovest thine enemies ,
and hatest thy friends .
For thou hast declared this day ,
that thou regardest 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 thee well .