2 Samuel 19:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴ The king covered his face and cried loudly, “O my son! My son Absalom! Absalom, my son!”

⁵ Joab went to the king's house and said to him, “Today you have humiliated your men—the men who saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and of your wives and concubines. ⁶ You oppose those who love you and support those who hate you! You have made it clear that your officers and men mean nothing to you. I can see that you would be quite happy if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead.