2 Samuel 19:3

Modern

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

Traditional

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

Literal

And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as the people steal away who are ashamed in their fleeing in battle.

Latin

Et declinavit populus in die illa ingredi civitatem, quomodo declinare solet populus versus et fugiens de prælio.

Hebrew

English

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

Theme notes and profiles

2 Samuel 17:24
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 19:32
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.