2 Samuel - 19:2 Meaning
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
19:1-8 To continue to lament for so bad a son as Absalom, was very unwise, and very unworthy. Joab censures David, but not with proper respect and deference to his sovereign. A plain case may be fairly pleaded with those above us, and they may be reproved for what they do amiss, but it must not be with rudeness and insolence. Yet David took the reproof and the counsel, prudently and mildly. Timely giving way, usually prevents the ill effects of mistaken measures.
“He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.”