# On the third day

"After three days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head

In this culture, tearing one's own clothes and putting dirt on one's head was an act of mourning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])

# he lay facedown on the ground and prostrated himself

This was an act of showing submission to David, who was now the king of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])