2 Samuel 19:3 KJV
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, King James Version
In context
2 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.
3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!