2 Samuel 19:29
27 and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
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?”
The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
30 And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
31 Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
- KJV
- And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
- WEB
- The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
- ASV
- And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
- DARBY
- And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
- BLB
- And the king said to him, “Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said [that] you and Ziba shall divide the land.”
- ÅB
- Kongen sa til ham: Hvorfor blir du ved å tale herom? Jeg sier: Du og Siba skal dele jordeiendommen.
- OTB
- Så sa kongen til ham: "Hvorfor taler du mer om dine saker? Jeg har bestemt: du og Siba skal dele landet."
- B1930
- Kongen sa til ham: Hvorfor blir du ved å tale herom? Jeg sier: Du og Siba skal dele jordeiendommen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Read in contextJob 19:16–17
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
Read in contextPsalms 82:2
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Read in contextProverbs 18:13
He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
Read in contextActs 18:15
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 19:17–19
both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
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