2 Samuel 19:8-10

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁸ Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And all [his followers] were told, The king is sitting in the gate, and they all came before the king. Now Israel [Absalom’s troops] had fled, every man to his home.

⁹ And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us from the hands of our enemies, and he saved us from the hands of the Philistines. And now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

¹⁰ And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. So now, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?