2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
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Gill's Exposition
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us,.... To be king; which either was really done by Absalom's party, or in effect by proclaiming and appointing him king:
is dead in battle; which shows the thing…
It is strange that David did not immediately upon the defeat and dispersion of Absalom's forces march with all expedition back to Jerusalem, to regain the possession of his capital city, while the…
Negotiations for David's Restoration. His return
10. whom we anointed The anointing of Absalom is not elsewhere mentioned.
At the end of the verse the Sept. adds, "And the word of all Israel came to…
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