Catholic Public Domain Version
"But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in the war. How long will you be silent, and not lead back the king?” "
— 2 Samuel 19:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?”
“And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? ”
“Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing the king back?"”
“But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?””
“But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in the battle: how long are you silent, and bring not back the king?”
“And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.”
“And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?”
Now then, rise up and go out, and speak so as to make amends to your servants. For I swear to you by the Lord that if you will not go forth, not even one person will be left with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evils that have come to you, from your youth even to the present.”
Therefore, the king rose up, and he sat at the gate. And it was announced to all the people that the king was sitting at the gate. And the entire multitude went before the king. But Israel fled to their own tents.
And all the people were conflicted, in all the tribes of Israel, saying: “The king has freed us from the hand of our enemies. He himself saved us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he flees from the land for the sake of Absalom.
But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in the war. How long will you be silent, and not lead back the king?”
Then truly, king David sent to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, saying: “Speak to those greater by birth of Judah, saying: ‘Why have you arrived last to lead back the king into his house? (For the talk in all of Israel had reached the king in his house.)
You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why are you the last to lead back the king?’
And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do these things, and may he add these other things, if you will not be the leader of the military in my sight, for all time, in the place of Joab.’ ”