Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Before the king - i. e., "to meet the king." Compare II Samuel 20:8. The king was on the east bank, and they crossed over (by the ford) from the west bank to go to him.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 19:17:
2 Samuel 9:10
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