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11 When King David learned of the debate that was ensuing throughout Israel, he sent this message to the priests Zadok and Abiathar: “Say to the elders of Judah: ‘Why should you be the last to bring back the king to his palace? 12 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. Why then should you be the last to bring the king home?’

13 “And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh?[a] May God deal with me in the most severe way possible if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:13 My bone and my flesh: David displays his keen sense of diplomacy in replacing Joab and appointing Amasa as his commander, thereby, effecting the union of the kingdom which is what David was all about.