The news brought to David. Absalom's flight

31. tare his garments Rent his clothes. The E. V. has introduced a distinction which does not exist in the Hebrew. Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 1:11.

lay on the earth Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 12:16.

and all his servants, &c. The Sept. and Vulg. represent a slightly different reading; "And all his servants, who stood by him, rent their clothes."

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