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2 Samuel 19:9

Absalom

7 Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”

8 So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.

And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.

10 But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”

11 Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?

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BSB
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
KJV
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
WEB
All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
ASV
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
DARBY
And all the people were at strife throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land because of Absalom.
BLB
And all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king snatched us up from the hand of our enemies, and he saved us from the hand of the Philistines. And he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
ÅB
Og alt folket i alle Israels stammer gikk i rette med hverandre og sa: Kongen har fridd oss av våre fienders hånd, og han har reddet oss fra filistrene, og nå er han flyktet ut av landet for Absalom.
OTB
Hele folket i alle Israels stammer kranglet og sa: "Kongen reddet oss fra våre fienders hånd og reddet oss fra filisternes hånd, men nå har han flyktet ut av landet fra Absalom.
B1930
Og alt folket i alle Israels stammer gikk i rette med hverandre og sa: Kongen har fridd oss av våre fienders hånd, og han har reddet oss fra filistrene, og nu er han flyktet ut av landet for Absalom.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 15:14

    And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”

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  • Genesis 3:12–13

    And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

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  • 2 Samuel 8:1–14

    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

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  • James 3:14–16

    But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:25

    Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:5–7

    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:50

    Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:5

    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

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