2 Samuel 19:29

Then the king said to him: “Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions.”

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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 my father’s house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?”

30And Mephibosheth responded to the king, “But now let him take it all, since my lord the king has been returned peacefully into his own house.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:17both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.

Job 19:16I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.

Psalms 101:5I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread.

Acts 18:15Yet if truly these are questions about a word and names and your law, you should see to it yourselves. I will not be the judge of such 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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