What Does 2 Samuel 19:2 Mean in the King James?

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

2 Samuel 19:2 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The people are delivered, yet the king’s grief turns their victory into shared mourning.

THE MEANING

Relief and grief can inhabit the same day: the people hear of the king’s sorrow, and their victory becomes mourning. Deliverance brings people out of danger, but it does not erase loss or require joy.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The verse undoes the belief that a real victory must feel like uncomplicated joy, or that deliverance makes grief disappear.

THE ROOT

תְּשׁוּעָה

teshuʿah

GROWS FROM

יָשַׁע

yashaʿ

⁨יָשַׁע⁩ (yashaʿ) means to deliver, rescue, or bring out of danger.

English “victory” can suggest winning; ⁨תְּשׁוּעָה⁩ (teshuʿah, deliverance) carries the sense of being brought out. The same root names the act of delivering and the one who delivers, so the people can be rescued while their day is still overtaken by grief.

ALSO GROWS

hoshiʿa: to deliver or rescue

הוֹשִׁיעַ

The verb shows that the victory is an act of being brought out, even as grief remains.

moshiʿa: a deliverer

מוֹשִׁיעַ

The root names both the deliverance and its source, while the verse shows that rescue does not remove sorrow.

THE PATTERN

Deliverance does not make grief vanish, and people can share one another’s sorrow.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes 3:4 · KJVIt places mourning and celebration side by side as both real parts of lived time.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Romans 12:15 · KJVIt shows how another person’s sorrow can become shared, as the people share the king’s grief.

THE THREAD

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 12:2 · KJV

The KJV’s “salvation” renders ⁨יְשׁוּעָה⁩ (yeshuʿah, deliverance), the same word-family as “victory” here. This root connection reveals victory as being brought out, even when grief still shapes how the people experience it.

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