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2 Samuel 19:29
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The king said to him, “Why keep on speaking about these matters of yours? I hereby declare: you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
The king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters? I say, You and Tziva divide the land.
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
Then the king said to him, "Why should you speak any more about the matter? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land."
And the king said to him, "Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land."
The king said to him, "Don't say anything more. I have decided that you and Ziba will divide the land."
Then the king replied to him, "Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together."
The king said to him, "Why speak anymore of your affairs? I have said, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'"
So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'"
And the king said vnto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I haue said, Thou, and Ziba deuide the landes.
So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided, ‘You and Ziba shall divide the land.'"
David answered, "You've said enough! I've decided to divide the property between you and Ziba."
For all my father's household deserved death at the hand of my lord the king; nevertheless you placed your servant with those who eat at your own table. I deserve nothing more; so why should I come crying any more to the king?"
And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
The king said to Mephibosheth, "Don't say anything more about your problems. This is what I have decided: You and Ziba will divide the land."
And the king said to him, You have spoken more than enough, I have already commanded that you and Ziba shall divide the fields.
The king answered, "You don't have to say anything more. I have decided that you and Ziba will share Saul's property."
And the king said to him, Why do you speak any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba share the land.
The kynge sayde vnto him: What speakest thou yet more of thy matter? I haue sayde: Thou and Siba parte the londe betwene you.
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
And the king said vnto him: Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I haue saide, Thou and Ziba deuide the landes betweene you.
For all my father's house were deserving of death at the hand of my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet? or why should I cry any more unto the king?'
And the king said vnto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I haue said, Thou and Ziba diuide the land.
And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any longer of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Siba shall divide the land.
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
The king replied, "Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land."
Sotheli the kyng seide to hym, What spekist thou more? that that Y haue spoke is stidefast; thou and Siba depart possessyouns.
And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba -- share ye the field.'
And the king said to him, Why speak anymore of your matters? I say, You and Ziba divide the land.
And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
The king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters? I say, You and Ziba divide the land.
So the king said to him, "Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, "You and Ziba divide the land."'
"You've said enough," David replied. "I've decided that you and Ziba will divide your land equally between you."
The king said to him, "Why speak any more of how things are with you? I have decided that you and Ziba should divide the land."
The king said to him, "Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land."
Then the king said unto him, Wherefore shouldst thou speak any further of thine affairs? I have said - Thou and Ziba, shall share the land.
Then the king said to him: Why speakest thou any more? what I have said is determined: thou and Siba divide the possessions.
And the king said to him, "Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land."
"That's enough," said the king. "Say no more. Here's my decision: You and Ziba divide the property between you."
So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Why speakest: Job 19:16, Job 19:17, Proverbs 18:13, Acts 18:15
Thou: Deuteronomy 19:17-19, Psalms 82:2, Psalms 101:5
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 9:9 - I have given
Cross-References
And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
The sun was up when Lot came to Zoar.
And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:
Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father,
And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.
And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the king said unto him, why speakest thou any more of thy matters?.... Of his father's family, and the injuries done by them to David, and of the benefits and favours which he had received from David, or of his temporal affairs, of his estate, which David had given away to Ziba:
I have said, thou and Ziba divide the land; revoking his last grant to Ziba, which gave him all that belonged to Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 16:4; he established his first decree, that Ziba should have half the profit of the land for tilling it, and the other half be given to Mephibosheth; he did not choose to punish Ziba for slandering his master, being inclined to clemency and mercy, and determined to show no severity at that time; and might be in some fear of Ziba, being a considerable man, lest he should raise a new insurrection, if he bore hard upon him; besides, he might have a large share in his affection, having made a present to him in the time of his distress, and was one of the first that came to meet him upon his return, 2 Samuel 19:17.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Unable to get to the bottom of the story, and perhaps unwilling to make an enemy of Ziba, David compromised the matter by dividing the land, thus partially revoking his hasty sentence 2 Samuel 16:4. We still see the impatient temper of David.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 19:29. I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. — At first, David gave the land of Saul to Mephibosheth; and Ziba, his sons, and his servants, were to work that land; and to Mephibosheth, as the lord, he was to give the half of the produce. Ziba met David in his distress with provisions, and calumniated Mephibosheth: David, too slightly trusting to his misrepresentation, and supposing that Mephibosheth was actually such a traitor as Ziba represented him, made him on the spot a grant of his master's land. Now he finds that he has acted too rashly, and therefore confirms the former grant; i.e. that Ziba should cultivate the ground, and still continue to give to Mephibosheth, as the lord, the half of the produce. This was merely placing things in statu quo, and utterly annulling the gift that he had made to Ziba. But why did he leave this treacherous man any thing? Answer,
1. He was one of the domestics of Saul, and David wished to show kindness to that house.
2. He had supplied him with the necessaries of life when he was in the greatest distress; and he thinks proper to continue him in his old office, by way of remuneration.
But it was certainly too great a compensation for his services, however then important, when all the circumstances are considered.
