2 Samuel 19:11
And king David sent to Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, saying: Speak to the ancients of Juda, saying: Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? (For the talk of all Israel was come to the king in his house.)
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king?
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:29So Sadoc and Abiathar carried back the ark of God into Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
2 Samuel 18:14And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,
1 Kings 2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.
Matthew 5:16So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
2 Thessalonians 3:9Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate 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 →