Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Of my bone ... - Render as in preceding verse, "art thou not my bone and my flesh?" It is curious to note how the phrase is used in II Samuel 5:1 of common descent from Israel, in II Samuel 19:12 of the closer kindred of the tribe of Judah, and in this verse of the yet nearer kindred between David and Amasa his sister' s son.
Captain ... in the room of Joab - It is very plain that David felt the weight of Joab' s overbearing influence to be very oppressive (compare II Samuel 19:22; II Samuel 3:39; II Samuel 16:10). He was, at this time, very angry with Joab for killing Absalom; and so, thinking it of vital importance to win over Amasa and the army of Judah, he did not scruple to offer him Joab' s high post.
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