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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people,.... They also mourned too, instead of expressing joy upon the occasion:
for the people heard say that day how the king was…
Adam Clarke
The victory - was turned into mourning - Instead of rejoicing that a most unnatural and ruinous rebellion had been quashed, the people mourned over their own success, because they saw their king so…
Soon after the messengers had brought the news of the defeat and death of Absalom to the court of Mahanaim, Joab and his victorious army followed, to grace the king's triumphs and receive his further…
2Sa 19:1-8. David roused from his grief by Joab
2. the victory The Heb. word means literally the salvationor deliverance. Cp. 1Sa 9:16; 1Sa 11:3; 2Sa 3:18, &c.