NASB
"So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle."
— 2 Samuel 19:3, NASB
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. ”
“The people snuck into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
“That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.”
“And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.”
“And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.”
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
Then it was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom."
The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, "The king is grieved for his son."
So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle.
The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,
by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have shown today that princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.