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## 2 Samuel 13:38 in Context (Verses 35–39 KJV)
 
 [35 ](/kjv/2-samuel/13/35) And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.*
 
 [36 ](/kjv/2-samuel/13/36) And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.*
 
 [37 ](/kjv/2-samuel/13/37) ¶ But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And *David* mourned for his son every day.*
 
 [38 ](/kjv/2-samuel/13/38) So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/2-samuel/13/39) And *the soul of* king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.*
 
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