10 The king replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, do we agree on anything?(A) He curses(B) me this way because the Lord[a] told him, ‘Curse David!’ Therefore, who can say, ‘Why did you do that?’”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 16:10 Alt Hb tradition reads If he curses, and if the Lord

10 But the king said, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?(A) If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’”(B)

Read full chapter

10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

Read full chapter

13 However, Elisha said to King Joram of Israel, “We have nothing in common. Go to the prophets of your father and your mother!”(A)

But the king of Israel replied, “No, because it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to hand them over to Moab.”

Read full chapter

13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why do you want to involve me? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.”

“No,” the king of Israel answered, “because it was the Lord who called us three kings together to deliver us into the hands of Moab.”

Read full chapter

13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Read full chapter