2nd Samuel Chapter 19 verse 2 Holy Bible
And 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.
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And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.
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And the victory that day was [turned] into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.
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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.
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And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard it said that day how the king was grieved for his son.
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The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieves for his son.
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and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, `The king hath been grieved for his son.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - The victory (Hebrew, the salvation) that day was turned into mourning. Naturally, the people did not understand the poignant emotions caused by the activity of David's conscience, and were pained at this seeming ingratitude to them for their brave exertions in his behalf, and at what they must have regarded as indifference to the welfare of the nation. Nor would it be easy for us to understand his conduct during the flight from Jerusalem, and in bearing Shimei's imprecations so tamely, did we not find in the psalms written at this time that David was suffering extreme and even excessive self-reproach and mental anguish at his past sin. It was a relief to bear Shimei's rudeness, for God might remember it for good. Racked thus with self-reproach, he had urged upon his generals to spare the young man (2 Samuel 18:5), whose sin was part of a web which he had himself begun to spin, and in terror he waited for the result. Mentally it would have been better for him if he had gone to the battle instead of sitting in gloomy self-reproach between the gates. His eager inquiries, "Is the lad safe? meant - Has the hand of justice again smitten me? and when he found that a second blow had fallen, his self control gave way. Joab, more statesmanlike, and with his personal feelings unmoved, notices the fresh wrong that David is committing, and is vexed at seeing his brave warriors slink into Mahanaim ashamed, instead of being welcomed with deserved praise. But their conduct in being so depressed at David's sorrow is a proof of their affection for him, and it was plainly his duty to master his feelings, and to think of making a due return for the great service they had rendered him. The Hebrew word "salvation," that is, deliverance, gives the better side of the idea, while "victory" is a coarser word, taken from the language of a people whose trade was war.
