, [], David L. Washburn, Powell, WY, USA, The King is Weeping: A Textual/Grammatical Note on 2 Sam 19:2;
The coordination of a participle and an imperfect with waw-consecutive in the report to Joab in 2 Sam 19:2 is unusual, but commentators generally explain it simply as a variation from the norm, if they treat it at all. Others follow the lead of two MT mss, P, and T and repoint the second verb as a participle. However, the lack of any true parallel to this structure elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible raises the possibility of an alternative explanation: the waw-consecutive phrase is not part of the direct speech, but rather continues the flow of the narrative.
Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], Toen werd de [1]verlossing te dienzelven dage het ganse volk tot rouw; want het volk had te dienzelven dage horen zeggen: [2]Het smart den koning over zijn zoon. 1. Of, heil, overwinning, victorie; dat is, de vreugde, die het volk zou getoond hebben over de victorie, werd veranderd in rouw. 2. Of, de koning is zeer bedroefd.