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2 Samuel 19:43

in 2 Samuel 19

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

KJV

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Judah grounded their right to take the lead, on the ground of their nearer relationship to the king. This was a claim dangerous to the house of David; and it shows the seeds were already sown for that tribal dissension which, before long, led to the dismemberment of the kingdom.

This site's exposition

Then the king went on to Gilgal

on 2 Samuel 19:40-43

Judah escorts David across on the strength of nearest kinship, but Israel arrives asking why their brethren stole the king away without them, claiming ten parts in the king by tribal count against Judah's one. Judah answers that they gained nothing personally by it, only loyalty, yet the men of Judah spoke fiercer words than Israel did in reply. Henry reads the quarrel as the seed of the division that breaks open in the next chapter, since a people already arguing over who loves the king more is a people not far from arguing over who follows him at all.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

More right - As in the general we have more right in the king and kingdom; so particularly, we have more right in David than you, because you were the first beginners, and the most zealous promoters of this rebellion; howsoever, as he is king, we justly claim a greater interest in him, than you; inasmuch as we are the far greatest part of his subjects.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They pleaded, " We have ten parts in the king " (Judah having Simeon only, whose lot lay within his, to join with him), "and therefore it is a slight upon us that our advice was not asked about bringing back the king. " See how uncertain the multitude is.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

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And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

We have ten parts in the king, and - more right - We are ten tribes to one, or we are ten times so many as you; and consequently should have been consulted in this business. The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel - They had more weight, for they had more reason on their side. It is pleasant when every province, canton, district, and county, vie with each other in personal attachment to the prince, and loyal attachment to his government.

The words behind it

32 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֣עַןand he answered

    vaiyaanH6030331 times

  • אִֽישׁ־[the] man of

    ʾish-H3761663 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֩Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אִ֨ישׁ[the] man of

    ʾishH3761663 times

  • יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • עֶֽשֶׂר־ten

    ʾeser-H6235176 times

  • יָד֨וֹתhands

    yadotH30271618 times

  • לִ֣י[belong] to <the> me

    li

  • בַמֶּלֶךְ֮in the king

    vamelekhH44282525 times

  • וְגַם־and also

    vegam-H1571769 times

  • בְּדָוִד֮in David

    bedavidH1732999 times

  • אֲנִ֣יI

    ʾaniH589874 times

  • מִמְּךָ֒more than you

    mimekhaH44801188 times

  • וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙and why?

    umadua'H406972 times

  • הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִיdid you treat with contempt me

    hekilotaniH704382 times

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H38085168 times

  • הָיָ֨הwas it

    hayahH19613559 times

  • דְבָרִ֥יword my

    devariH16971440 times

  • רִאשׁ֛וֹןfirst

    rishonH7223182 times

  • לִ֖יof me

    li

  • לְהָשִׁ֣יבto bring back

    lehashivH77251056 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • מַלְכִּ֑יking my

    malkiH44282525 times

  • וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙and it was hard

    vaiyikeshH7185

  • דְּבַר־[the] word of

    devar-H16971440 times

  • אִ֣ישׁ[the] man of

    ʾishH3761663 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • מִדְּבַ֖רmore than [the] word of

    midevarH16971440 times

  • אִ֥ישׁ[the] man of

    ʾishH3761663 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 5:1

    Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 11:1–3

      Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    • Genesis 29:14

      Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

    • 2 Samuel 19:13

      And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

  • Through

    Galatians 5:20

    idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 11:19

      And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

    • Titus 3:10

      Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

    • Revelation 21:8

      But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…

    • 2 Corinthians 11:19

      For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.

    • Acts 8:9–11

      Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

About 2 Samuel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.