So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
Ver. 15. And Judah came to Gilgal.] The rendezvous was there. But why were not the rest of the tribes acquainted therewith? Had not they first shown their forwardness to reduce David? and did not this neglect of them breed ill blood, and cause a quarrel? 2Sa 19:40-41 It is easier to stir strife than to stint it. Tostatus blameth David as overpartial to his own tribe.