2 Samuel 19:10

10 Absalom autem quem unximus super nos mortuus est in bello usquequo siletis et non reducitis regem

2 Samuel 19:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 19:10

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us
To be king; which either was really done by Absalom's party, or in effect by proclaiming and appointing him king:

is dead in battle;
which shows the thing was not of God, and by which means they were released from their oath of allegiance to him:

now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
nobody speaks of it, gives the least hint of it, or shows any concern about it; but the greatest coldness and indifference, as if it was a matter of no importance.

2 Samuel 19:10 In-Context

8 surrexit ergo rex et sedit in porta et omni populo nuntiatum est quod rex sederet in porta venitque universa multitudo coram rege Israhel autem fugit in tabernacula sua

9 omnis quoque populus certabat in cunctis tribubus Israhel dicens rex liberavit nos de manu inimicorum nostrorum ipse salvavit nos de manu Philisthinorum et nunc fugit de terra propter Absalom

10 Absalom autem quem unximus super nos mortuus est in bello usquequo siletis et non reducitis regem

11 rex vero David misit ad Sadoc et ad Abiathar sacerdotes dicens loquimini ad maiores natu Iuda dicentes cur venitis novissimi ad reducendum regem in domum suam sermo autem omnis Israhel pervenerat ad regem in domo eius

12 fratres mei vos os meum et caro mea vos quare novissimi reducitis regem