Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
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Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 1–8
To continue to lament for so bad a son as Absalom, was very unwise, and very unworthy. Joab censures David, but not with proper respect and deference to his sovereign. A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be with rudeness and insolence. Yet David took the reproof and the counsel, prudently and mildly. Timely giving way, usually prevents the ill effects of mistaken measures.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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