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2 Samuel 19:12
12You are my brothers! I belong to your family. So you should not be the last people to bring me back as your 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
10We chose Absalom to be our king, but now he has died in the battle. We should surely go and bring David back to be our king again.’ 11Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests. He told them, ‘Go to the leaders of Judah and say to them, “Surely, you should not be the last tribe to bring the king back to his palace? He knows what the people in all Israel are saying about him. You are my brothers! I belong to your family. So you should not be the last people to bring me back as your king.” 13Also, say to Amasa, “We belong to the same family. I promise you that I will now make you the leader of my army, instead of Joab. I ask God to punish me if I do not do that for you.” ’ 14Because of this message, all the people of Judah's tribe agreed to serve David as their king. They sent this message to the king: ‘Return to us, together with all your officers.’
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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 19:12
- 2 Samuel 5:1All Israel's tribes came to David at Hebron. They said, ‘We all belong to the same family as you do.
- Genesis 2:23Then the man said, ‘Finally, this is someone who is right for me. She has bones that are taken from my bones. Her body comes from my body. I will call her “woman” because God used me, a man, to make her.’
- Judges 9:2‘Say this to the leaders of Shechem: “You should not agree to let all of Gideon's 70 sons rule over you. It would be better for you to have only one man rule over you. Remember that I belong to your own family.” ’
- Ephesians 5:30We are like the parts of Christ's 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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