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King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house?
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Verse 11. Priests, whose influence was very great. Bible.—Last. David, like an able politician, shews the men of his own tribe, how dishonourable it will be for them to be outdone by the rest. Calmet.—Talk: reported by a solemn ceremony. Saint Jerome Trad. Menochius.—Septuagint λογος, “the word, ( Bible.) council,” and so forth Salien.
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