2 Samuel 19:9-11

English Standard Version

⁹ And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, ^(A)“The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and ^(B)saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now ^(C)he has fled out of the land from Absalom. ¹⁰ But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”

¹¹ And King David sent this message to ^(D)Zadok and Abiathar the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?^[a]