1. And it was reported to Yo’aḇ, “See, the sovereign is weeping and mourning for Aḇshalom.”
2. So the deliverance that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard on that day, saying, “The sovereign has been grieved for his son.”
3. And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.