◄ 2 Samuel 19:2 ►
Parallel Verses
King James Version
And 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.

Darby Bible Translation
And the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.

World English Bible
The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, "The king grieves for his son."

Young's Literal Translation
and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, 'The king hath been grieved for his son.'

2 Samuel 19:2 Parallel
Commentary
King James Translators' Notes

victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance

Geneva Study Bible

And 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.2 Samuel 19:2 Parallel Commentaries

Library
Samuel
Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

2 Samuel 19:1
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