King James Version
2 Samuel 19:1 in the King James Version says “And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.”
2 Samuel 19:1 · KJV
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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. victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And it was told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for Absalom”
H53abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
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