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2 Samuel 19:12 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 19 · verse 12 · King James Version
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?2 Samuel 19:12 · King James Version
2 Samuel 19:12 in context
10And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
11And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto 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, even to his house.
12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- bonesʻetsema boneH6106 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- lastʼachărôwnhinderH314 →
- backshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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