19 ^[a]Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” ² And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.” ³ The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle. ⁴ The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

⁵ Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines. ⁶ You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead. ⁷ Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.”

The whole army was celebrating until they hear that the king is mourning for His son. This really show how much King David loves His son. One more point God wants us to learn from here, that to be one with God. David's army was one with God. They weeped when He weeped. Are we in sync with God? Are we His people? If we call ourselves His people, are we in sync with Him? Or are we far away from Him? David is not always right, but God is always right. He is ALWAYS right. Which make God so awesome! God is the LORD over our lives and that is the thing that should be our center. Not anything else. The part i say David is not always right is the part of Time. There is always a time for everything. A time to rejoyce and a time to grief. This is a time to rejoyce but David grieved. Well technically he should be in between, but not really grieving and not really celebrating. Confusing phrase but its true. Howver even as Joab puts it bluntly, it is not them men who take away life. It is God who does that. No one shall claim victory without God.