For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
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Gill's Exposition
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned,.... He was sensible of it, and sorry for it, and publicly acknowledged it before all the men he brought with him, and before all the servants of David;…
Barnes' Notes
This is the first time that the “house of Joseph,” or “Joseph,” stands for all the ten tribes of which Ephraim was the head and leader. While Saul of Benjamin was king, or while Mahanaim was the…
Adam Clarke
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned - This was all he could do; his subsequent conduct alone could prove his sincerity. On such an avowal as this David could not but grant him his life.
Perhaps Jordan was never passed with so much solemnity, nor with so many remarkable occurrences, as it was now, since Israel passed it under Joshua. David, in his afflictive flight, remembered God…
Cambridge Bible
the house of Joseph The ten tribes of Israel as distinguished from Judah are thus named from Ephraim, the most powerful tribe among them (Gen 48:5). Cp. Psa 78:67-68; 1Ki 11:28; Amo 5:6. Shimei the…
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