2 Samuel 19:1 - Printer Friendly

ESV: It was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."

NIV: Joab was told, "The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."

NASB: Then it was reported to Joab, 'Behold, the king is weeping and he mourns for Absalom.'

CSB: It was reported to Joab, "The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom."

NLT: Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom.

KJV: And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

NKJV: And Joab was told, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.

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