35. Jonadab said to David, “Those are your sons coming, just as I said they would.”
36. As soon as he finished saying this, David's sons came in; they started crying, and David and his officials also wept bitterly.
37-38. Absalom fled and went to the king of Geshur, Talmai son of Ammihud, and stayed there three years. David mourned a long time for his son Amnon;
39. but when he got over Amnon's death, he was filled with longing for his son Absalom.