2 Samuel 19:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ The men came quietly into the city that day. They were like fighting men who are ashamed because they’ve run away from a battle. ⁴ The king covered his face. He cried loudly, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

⁵ Then Joab went into the king’s house. He said to him, “Today you have made all your men feel ashamed. They have just saved your life. They have saved the lives of your sons and daughters. And they have saved the lives of your wives and concubines.