29And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; …
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-30)The day of David’s return was a day of bringing to remembrance, a day of account, in which what had passed in his flight was called over again; among other things, after the case of Shimei, that of Mephibosheth comes to be enquired into, and he himself brings it on. I. He went down in the crowd to meet the king (2 Sam. 19:24), and as a proof of the sincerity of his joy in the king’s return, we are…
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