2 Samuel 19:8 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 19:8

6 in that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you¹ regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

7 Now therefore, arise, go out and speak¹ comfort to your servants. For I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.”

8 Then the king arose and sat in the ^agate. And they told all the people, saying, “There is the king, sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king. For everyone of Israel had ^bfled to his tent.

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9 Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king saved us from the hand of our ^aenemies, he delivered us from the hand of the ^bPhilistines, and now he has ^cfled from the land because of Absalom.

10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?”

11 So King David sent to ^aZadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the words of all Israel have come to the king, to his very house?

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Agate {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Before {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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Gate {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gate {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sitting {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sitting {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tent {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Tent {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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