2 Samuel 5:1; Ephesians 5:30; Genesis 2:23; Judges 9:2
Joab induces the king to present himself to the people. 1 Samuel 19:9-24 . The Return of David (J). 2 Samuel 19:9-15 . The two parts of 2...
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
Speak unto the elders of Judah, &c.— The authors of the Universal History charge this message with partiality, and with being, on that account,...
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? No JFB commentary...
David's Return to Jerusalem David's excessive grief for Absalom is rebuked by Joab. He punishes Joab for Absalom's death by making Amasa commander...
My bones and my flesh. — More exactly, bone, as in 2 Samuel 19:13 and 2 Samuel 5:1 . Of course the tribe of Judah, from which David sprung, wa...
CHAPTER XXIV. DAVID'S GRIEF FOR ABSALOM. 2 Samuel 18:19-33 ; 2 Samuel 19:1-4 . ''NEXT to the calamity of losing a battle," a great general us...
CHAPTER XXV. THE RESTORATION. 2 Samuel 19:5-30 . O rouse one's self from the prostration of grief, and grapple anew with the cares of life, is...
Bringing the King Back 2 Samuel 19:9-20 Joab's remonstrance, though expressed in rough and uncourteous phrase, was perfectly just. The royal tr...
The king's sorrow affected the people. They stole back into Jerusalem silently, instead of with rejoicing, while he was left outside. Once again his...
(9) В¶ 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 delive...
Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh ,.... Being of the same tribe, and therefore he should deal gently with them, as if they were p...
Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? Ver. 12. Ye are my brethren. ] Which...
Speak unto the elders of Judah Absalom had begun his conspiracy in Jerusalem itself, and perfected it in Hebron, both cities of Judah; and the peop...
Joab hears of David's mourning for Absalom, and the people take this as an indication that perhaps it was wrong to win the battle. At least it subdue...
David's Return to the Jordan. B. C. 1023....
My bones and my flesh; of the same tribe, and some of you of the same family, with myself; and therefore if I should revenge myself of you, which p...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 19:1 . Comp. 2 Samuel 18:33 . The purpose of the informant was, “it seems, to explain to Joab and the a...
2 Samuel 19:13 . Say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone. It is probable that Amasa had refused to fight against David; at least he had not disti...
Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The restoration of David David, in his extreme and protracted sorrow for the death of Absalom, forgot...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 19:2 The victory (Hebrew, the salvation ) that day was turned into mourning. Naturally, the people did not u...
David Reinstated in his Royal Power
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh, they were of his tribe and of his kindred; wherefore, then, are ye the last to bring back the king...
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?