2 Samuel 19:12
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
Yee are my brethren, Yee are my bones and my flesh: wherfore then are ye the last to bring backe the king?
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2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
2Speake, I pray you, in the eares of all the men of Shechem; †Whether is better for you, either that all the sonnes of Ierubbaal ( which are threescore and ten persons) reigne ouer you, or that one reigne ouer you? Remember also, that I am your bone, and your flesh.
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2 Samuel 19:12
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.
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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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At the end or after all others; latest or final.
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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.
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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.
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11¶ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
11¶ And King Dauid sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speake vnto the Elders of Iudah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king backe to his house? (seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, euen to his house.)
12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
12Yee are my brethren, Yee are my bones and my flesh: wherfore then are ye the last to bring backe the king?
Selected passage13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
13And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captaine of the hoste before me continually in the roome of Ioab.