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2 Samuel 19:3
The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

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2 Samuel 19:2
The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”

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Genesis 31:27
Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;

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2 Samuel 18:6
So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

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2 Samuel 18:33
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

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