Quotes about King
Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
— 2 Samuel 19:1
And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
— 2 Samuel 19:2
Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
— 2 Samuel 19:5
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.
— 2 Samuel 19:8
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.
— 2 Samuel 19:9
But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
— 2 Samuel 19:10
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?
— 2 Samuel 19:11
So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
— 2 Samuel 19:15
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
— 2 Samuel 19:16
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
— 2 Samuel 19:17
and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
— 2 Samuel 19:18
For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
— 2 Samuel 19:20