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2 Samuel 19:12

Fellowship and the church

10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
KJV
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
WEB
You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
ASV
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
DARBY
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?
BLB
My brothers you⁺ [are], my bone and you⁺ [are] my flesh. And why are you⁺ the last to bring back the king?’
ÅB
Dere er mine brødre, dere er mitt eget kjød og blod; hvorfor er dere da de siste til å hente kongen tilbake?
OTB
Dere er mine slektninger; dere er mitt eget kjøtt og blod. Hvorfor skulle dere da være de siste til å bringe kongen tilbake?'
B1930
I er mine brødre, I er mitt eget kjød og blod; hvorfor er I da de siste til å hente kongen tilbake?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 5:1

    Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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  • Ephesians 5:30

    For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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  • Judges 9:2

    Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

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  • Genesis 2:23

    And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

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