2 Samuel 19:1

“And it was told Joab, etc.] When returned to Mahanaim, or on his way to it; perhaps by the messengers he sent; and this report he had before he saw the king: behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom; for the death of him, instead of rejoicing at the victory obtained, and the deliverance from his enemies.”

“JOAB CAUSES THE KING TO CEASE MOURNING. (Sa2 19:1-8) the people gat them by stealth . . . to the city--The rumor of the king's disconsolate condition spread a universal and unseasonable gloom. His troops, instead of being welcomed back (as a victorious army always was) with music and other demonstrations of public joy, slunk secretly and silently into the city, as if ashamed after the commission of some crime.”

“Sa2 18:5, Sa2 18:12, Sa2 18:14, Sa2 18:20, Sa2 18:33; Pro 17:25 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 19:2”

“Sa2 19:1-3 David's mourning, and Joab's reproof. - Sa2 19:1-6. When Joab was told that the king was mourning and weeping for Absalom, he went to him into the house to expostulate with him. Sa2 19:5 introduces the continuation of Sa2 19:1; Sa2 19:2-4 contain parenthetical sentences, describing the impression made upon the people by the king's mourning. Through the king's deep trouble, the salvation (the victory) upon that day became mourning for all the people who had fought for David, and they went by stealth in to the city (לבוא יתגּנּב: they stole to come, came by stealth), "as people steal away who have covered themselves with shame, when they flee in battle." Sa2 19:4 But the king had…”