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The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

2 Samuel 19:3 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતી2 શમુએલ ૧૯:૩
જેમ યુદ્ધમાંથી પરાજિત થઈને નાસી છૂટેલા લોકો છાની રીતે છટકી જાય છે, તેમ તે દિવસે સૈનિકો ચૂપકીથી નગરમાં ચાલ્યા ગયા.
हिन्दी2 शमूएल १९:३
इसलिए उस दिन लोग ऐसा मुँह चुराकर नगर में घुसे, जैसा लोग युद्ध से भाग आने से लज्जित होकर मुँह चुराते हैं।

In context

1Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”

2The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”

3The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

4The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

5Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;

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