2 Samuel 19:3

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the people went that day into the citie secretly, as people confounded hide them selues when they flee in battell.

Darby Translation

And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.

Young's Literal Translation

And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;

Bible in Basic English

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.

In context

2And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”

4But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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