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2 Samuel 19:43 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 19 · verse 43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 19:43 · King James Version
2 Samuel 19:43 in context
41And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?
42And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?
43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- despiseqâlalto be light, literally or figurativelyH7043 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- advicedâbâra wordH1697 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- partsyâda handH3027 →
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David came over Jordan attended and assisted only by the men of Judah; but when he had advanced as far as Gilgal, the first stage on this side Jordan, half the people of Israel (that is, of their elders and great men) had come to wait upon him, to kiss his hand, and congratulate him on his return, but found they came…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 40-43