2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
2 Samuel 19:10 in other translations
| BSB | But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?” |
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| WEB | Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don’t you speak a word of bringing the king back?” |
| ASV | And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? |
| YLT | and Absalom whom we anointed over us is dead in battle, and now, why are ye silent--to bring back the king?' |
| DARBY | And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle; and now why are ye silent as to bringing the king back? |
| BBE | And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king. |
| Webster | And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? |
What does 2 Samuel 19:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:9-11
9-11. all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel--The kingdom was completely disorganized. The sentiments of three different parties are represented in 2Sa 19:9, 10: the royalists, the adherents of Absalom who had been very numerous, and those who were indifferent to the Davidic dynasty. In these circumstances the king was right in not hastening back, as a conqueror, to reascend his throne. A…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:9-15
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.
2 Samuel 19:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 19:10
- 2 Samuel 18:14
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
- 2 Samuel 15:12-13
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
- Judges 18:9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
- Hosea 8:4
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 19:9
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 delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
- 2 Samuel 19:11
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
2 Samuel 19:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Absalom, á quien habíamos ungido sobre nosotros, es muerto en la batalla. ¿Por qué pues os estáis ahora quedos en orden á hacer volver al rey? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tout le peuple était à se disputer dans toutes les tribus d’Israël, disant: Le roi nous a délivrés de la main de nos ennemis, et c’est lui qui nous a sauvés de la main des Philistins, et maintenant il s’est enfui du pays à cause d’Absalom; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Absalom aber, den wir über uns gesalbt hatten, ist im Streit gestorben; und nun, warum schweiget ihr davon, den König zurückzuführen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Absalom autem, quem unximus super nos, mortuus est in bello: usquequo siletis, et non reducitis regem? |