2 Samuel 19:12
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
my bones and my flesh See note on ch. 2Sa 5:1. Bonesshould be, as there, bone.
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