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<p class="tab-1">We left David’s army in triumph and yet David himself in tears: now here we have, I. His return to himself, by the persuasion of Joab, <a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.1-2Sam.19.8" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.1-2Sam.19.8">2 Sam. 19:1-8</a>. II. His return to his kingdom from his present banishment. 1. The men of Israel were forward of themselves to bring him back, <a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.9,2Sam.19.10" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.9,2Sam.19.10"><span class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.9">2 Sam. 19:9</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.10">10</span></a>. 2. The men of Judah were dealt with by David’s agents to do it (<a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.11-2Sam.19.14" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.11-2Sam.19.14">2 Sam. 19:11-14</a>) and did it, <a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.15" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.15">2 Sam. 19:15</a>. III. At the king’s coming over Jordan, Shimei’s treason is pardoned (<a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.16-2Sam.19.23" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.16-2Sam.19.23">2 Sam. 19:16-23</a>), Mephibosheth’s failure is excused (<a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.24-2Sam.19.30" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.24-2Sam.19.30">2 Sam. 19:24-30</a>), and Barzillai’s kindness is thankfully owned, and recompensed to his son, <a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.31-2Sam.19.39" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.31-2Sam.19.39">2 Sam. 19:31-39</a>. IV. The men of Israel quarrelled with the men of Judah, for not calling them to the ceremony of the king’s restoration, which occasioned a new rebellion, an account of which we have in the next chapter, <a class="bibleref" title="2Sam.19.40-2Sam.19.43" href="/passage/?search=2Sam.19.40-2Sam.19.43">2 Sam. 19:40-43</a>.</p>
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