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2 Samuel 19:28

For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”

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ASV

For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?

KJV

For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּי֩kiforH3588 →
לֹ֨אlo'notH3808 →
הָיָ֜הha.Yahit wasH1961 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
אָבִ֗י'a.Vifather myH1 →
כִּ֤יkithatH3588 →
אִם־'im-exceptH518 →
אַנְשֵׁי־'an.shei-men ofH582 →
מָ֙וֶת֙ma.vetdeathH4194 →
לַאדֹנִ֣יla.do.Nito lord myH113 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙va.Ta.shetand you putH7896 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.Khaservant yourH5650 →
בְּאֹכְלֵ֖יbe.'o.khe.Leiamong [those who] eatH398 →
שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָshul.cha.Ne.kha<of> table yourH7979 →
וּמַה־u.mah-and what?H4100 →
יֶּשׁ־yesh-[is] thereH3426 →
לִ֥יlifor <the> me
עוֹד֙'OdstillH5750 →
צְדָקָ֔הtze.da.KahrighteousnessH6666 →
וְלִזְעֹ֥קve.liz.'Okand to cry outH2199 →
ע֖וֹדodstillH5750 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →

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2 Samuel 9:7“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”2 Samuel 9:13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.Ruth 2:10At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”2 Samuel 9:10You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.1 Kings 2:7But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.Genesis 32:10I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.2 Kings 8:3At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.1 Samuel 26:16This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”2 Samuel 9:7–8“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”2 Samuel 21:6–9let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.1 Samuel 20:31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”Luke 22:30so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.Proverbs 27:10Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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