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2 Samuel 13:31

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Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

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2 Samuel 13:31 in other translations

Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

2 Samuel 13:31 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 13:31 in context

  1. 29The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled.
  2. 30While they were on the way, the news came to David, saying, “Absalom has slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left!”
  3. 31Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
  4. 32Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered, “Don’t let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
  5. 33Now therefore don’t let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead; for only Amnon is dead.”