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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the people went over Jordan,.... That were with David: and when the king was come over; over Jordan, had got to the other side of it, whither Barzillai accompanied him: the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; took his leave of him with a kiss, as friends were wont to do at parting, thanked him for all his favours, wished him well, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then the king went on to Gilgal,.... Which, according to Josephus (n), was fifty furlongs from Jordan, six miles and a quarter: and Chimham went on with him; after Barzillai had left them, and accompanied the king to Jerusalem: and all the people of Judah conducted the king; to Jerusalem; who came to meet him, 2 Samuel 19:15; and also half the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king,.... A large number of them, the other part that did not come over with David, some of their principal men, who met him upon the road: and said unto the king, why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen thee away; secretly, privately, and unknown to them, and were bringing him back to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel,.... Such of them as went down to fetch the king back, replied to the men of Israel that now met them, and objected to their conduct: because the king [is] near of kin to us; being of their tribe, and his palace was within their borders, and therefore they were proper persons to bring him home:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said,.... They replied to them, as follows: we have ten parts in the king; being ten tribes, reckoning Simeon in the tribe of Judah, within which it lay, Joshua 19:1; and we have, also more [right] in David than ye; being more numerous than they; or, according to the Targum, they had more...