2 And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.” 3 So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle. 4 But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 19:2–4
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