Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 19:3

2 Samuel chapter 19 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

Context

v.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.

v.3This passage

v.4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 31:27

    Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

  • 2 Samuel 17:24

    Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Samuel 19:32

    Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.