2 Samuel 19:29

And the king said to him, Why do thou speak any more of thy matters? I say, thou and Ziba divide the land.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

In Context

28For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet thou set thy servant among those who ate at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?

30And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yea, let him take all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days,

Job 19:16I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I entreat him with my mouth.

Psalms 101:5He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

Acts 18:15But if it is an issue about a word and names and the law from you, look ye yourselves, for I do not intend to be a judge of these things.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:25-31

24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king;… Read the whole commentary →

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