2 Samuel 19:11
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to his house.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:29And Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem; and they abode there.
2 Samuel 18:14Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.
1 Kings 2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.
Matthew 5:16Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
2 Thessalonians 3:9not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:10-16
David's Return to the Jordan. ( b. c. 1023.) 9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? 11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why… Read the whole commentary →