Sinai2 Samuel 19:3
American Standard Version
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
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2 Samuel 19:3 in other translations
The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel 19:3 in context
- 1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
- 2And 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.
- 3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
- 4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
- 5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who 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;