Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 19:12
12You are my brothers, my flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
2 Samuel 19:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
- New International Version (NIV)You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’
- English Standard Version (ESV)You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'
- New King James Version (NKJV)You are my brethren, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
Context of 2 Samuel 19:12
10But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?” 11King David sent word to the priests Zadok and Abiathar: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace? The talk of all Israel has reached the king at his house. You are my brothers, my flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’ 13And tell Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me and do so severely if you don’t become commander of my army from now on instead of Joab! ’” 14So he won over all the men of Judah, and they unanimously sent word to the king: “Come back, you and all your servants.”
Read all of 2 Samuel 192 Samuel 19:12 word by word
אַחַ֣י אַתֶּ֔ם עַצְמִ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֖י אַתֶּ֑ם וְלָ֧מָּה תִהְי֛וּ אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 19:12
- 2 Samuel 5:1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- Genesis 2:23And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called “woman,” for she was taken from man.
- Judges 9:2“Please speak in the hearing of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you or that one man rule over you? ’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
- Ephesians 5:30since we are members of his body.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19:12
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 God's providence, by the priests' persuasions and Amasa's interest, brought the people to resolve the recall of the king. David stirred not till he received this invitation. Our Lord Jesus will rule in those that invite him to the throne in their hearts, and not till he is invited. He first bows the heart, and makes it willing in the day of his power, then rules in the midst of his enemies, Psa 110:2, 3.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12When David saw that the northern tribes would accept him (2 Samuel 19:9–10), he sent messengers to encourage Judah, his own people, to accept him too. See also study note on 2 Samuel 19:41–43.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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