“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 i…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION 3.21
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1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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— 2 Samuel 19:1 —
2And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.