You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
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You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
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Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
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(19-13) Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 19:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 5:1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
- Genesis 2:23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
- Judges 9:2 “Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
- Ephesians 5:30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 19:12 Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my…
2Sa 19:12 Ye [are] my brethren, ye [are] my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
Ver. 12. Ye are my brethren.] Which only title is sufficient to stint all strife, if well considered.
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Ye are my bones and my flesh.] Now, "no man ever hated his own flesh," (hurt his own bones), "but nourisheth and cherisheth it." {Eph 5:29} We may likewise promise ourselves all good from Christ our brother, upon this account.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain My bones and my flesh; of the same tribe,…
My bones and my flesh; of the same tribe, and some of you of the same family, with myself; and therefore if I should revenge myself of you, which perhaps you may fear I will do when I have fully regained my power, I should but tear my own flesh in pieces, and hate my own body which nature and interest obligeth every man to preserve.
Wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? this delay doth not suit with the relation you have, and the affection you owe to me.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and…
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh,.... Being of the same tribe, and therefore he should deal gently with them, as if they were parts of his body; and not be severe upon them, for the hand they had in the conspiracy, as they might fear:
and wherefore then are ye the last to bring the king back? since they were so nearly related to him, and he so ready to forgive them.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. my bones and my flesh] See note on…
12. my bones and my flesh] See note on ch. 2Sa_5:1. Bones should be, as there, bone.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) My bones and my flesh.—More exactly, bone, as…
(12) My bones and my flesh.—More exactly, bone, as in 2Sa_19:13 and 2Sa_5:1. Of course the tribe of Judah, from which David sprung, was more closely connected with him by blood than any other; but the point likely to influence them was that the king recognised this relationship.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain My bones; Hebrew, my bone and my flesh, so…
My bones; Hebrew, my bone and my flesh, so nearly related as to be part of my own self. (Gen_2:23)
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