3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
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Wherefore didst thou flee away 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?
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
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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