2 Samuel 19:12

12 You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’

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2 Samuel 19:12 in Other Translations

KJV

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

ESV

12 You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

NLT

12 You are my relatives, my own tribe, my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to welcome back the king?”

MSG

12 You're my brothers! You're my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to bring the king back home?'

CSB

12 You are my brothers, my flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?'

2 Samuel 19:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 19:12

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 parts of his body; and not be severe upon them, for the hand they had in the conspiracy, as they might fear:

and wherefore then are ye the last to bring the king back?
since they were so nearly related to him, and he so ready to forgive them.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Samuel 19:12 In-Context

10 and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”

11 King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters?

12 You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’

13 And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my own flesh and blood? May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.’ ”

14 He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were all of one mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.”

2 Samuel 19:12

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2 Samuel 19:12 in Other Translations

2 Samuel 19:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 19:12 In-Context