21And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
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And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: …
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-23)Here is, I. The notice brought to David of Absalom’s rebellion, 2 Sam. 15:13. The matter was bad enough, and yet it seems to have been made worse to him (as such things commonly are) than really it was; for he was told that the hearts of the men of Israel (that is, the generality of them, at least the leading men) were after Absalom . But David was the more apt to believe it because now he could c…
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