And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;(2 Samuel 19:5)

In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.(2 Samuel 19:6)

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.(2 Samuel 19:7)

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.(2 Samuel 19:9)

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?(2 Samuel 19:10)

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.(2 Samuel 19:11)

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2 Samuel 19:8 - Cross Reference

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. (2 Samuel 15:2)

And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. (2 Samuel 18:4)

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

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. (2 Samuel 18:17)

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. (2 Samuel 19:3)

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. (2 Kings 14:12)

And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. (1 Kings 22:36)

And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. (2 Samuel 18:24)