2 Samuel 19:9-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁹ And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us from the hands of our enemies, and he saved us from the hands of the Philistines. And now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

¹⁰ And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. So now, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?

¹¹ And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Say to the elders of Judah, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king, to bring him to his house?