2 Samuel 19:1

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
told	וַיֻּגַּ֖ד vai.yu.Gad	H5046	properly · conjunction + verb, hophal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Joab	לְיוֹאָ֑ב le.yo.'Av	H3097	Joab · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
king	הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
weepeth	בֹּכֶ֛ה bo.Kheh	H1058	to weep · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
mourneth	וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖ל vai.yit.'a.Bel	H56	to bewail · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Absalom	אַבְשָׁלֹֽם 'av.sha.Lom	H53	Abshalom · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Samuel 18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people…
2 Samuel 18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he…
2 Samuel 18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against t…
2 Samuel 18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidin…
2 Samuel 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my…
Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:1-8

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 had done, whereas they expected him to have met them with joy and thanks for their good services: It was told Joab, v. 1 The report of it ran through the army (Sa2 19:2), how the king was grieved for his son. The people will take particular notice what their princes say and do. The more eyes we have…

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John Gill on 2 Samuel 19:1

And it was told Joab,.... When returned to Mahanaim, or on his way to it; perhaps by the messengers he sent; and this report he had before he saw the king: behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom; for the death of him, instead of rejoicing at the victory obtained, and the deliverance from his enemies.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 19:1-8

Sa2 19:1-3 David's mourning, and Joab's reproof. - Sa2 19:1-6. When Joab was told that the king was mourning and weeping for Absalom, he went to him into the house to expostulate with him. Sa2 19:5 introduces the continuation of Sa2 19:1; Sa2 19:2-4 contain parenthetical sentences, describing the impression made upon the people by the king's mourning. Through the king's deep trouble, the salvation (the victory) upon that day became mourning for all the people who had fought for David, and they went by stealth in to the city (לבוא יתגּנּב: they stole to come, came by stealth), "as people steal away who have covered themselves with shame, when they flee in battle." Sa2 19:4 But the king had c…

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Rashi on 2 Samuel 19:1

My son, my son. Eight times.1Dovid said the word בְּנִי eight times, five times in this verse and another three times later in verse 5. Our Rabbis said,2Sotah 10b. Seven of those times to lift him out of the seven levels of Gehennom and one to to bring him into the World to Come.

The Church Fathers

But when king David had suffered this injury at the hands of his impious and unnatural son, he not only bore with him in his mad passion but mourned over him in his death. He certainly was not caught in the meshes of carnal jealousy, seeing that it was not his own injuries but the sins of his son that moved him. For it was on this account he had given orders that his son should not be slain if he were conquered in battle, that he might have a place of repentance after he was subdued. When he was baffled in this design, he mourned over his son's death, not because of his own loss but because he knew to what punishment so impious an adulterer and parricide had been hurried.
— Augustine of Hippo, CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION 3.21

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Dictionary and topics

Absalom · David’s mourning for — David’s mourning for
Parents · .David — .David
Reproof · .Joab, of David — .Joab, of David
Sorrow · Of David for Absalom — Of David for Absalom

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).