2And 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Soon after the messengers had brought the news of the defeat and death of Absalom to the court of Mahanaim, Joab and his victorious army followed, to grace the king’s triumphs and receive his further orders. Now here we are told, I. What a damp and disappointment it was to them to find the king in tears for Absalom’s death, which they construed as a token of displeasure against them for what they…
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