2 Samuel 19:22 “And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that…”

2 Samuel 19:22

And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

World English Bible

David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”

American Standard Version

Geneva Bible 1599

And Dauid saide, What haue I to do with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah, that this day ye should be aduersaries vnto me? shall there any man die this day in Israel? for doe not I know that I am this day King ouer Israel?

Darby Translation

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Should there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

Young's Literal Translation

And David saith, 'What — to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah, that ye are to me to-day for an adversary? to-day is any man put to death in Israel? for have I not known that to-day I [am] king over Israel?'

Bible in Basic English

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

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Cross references

“What have”

2 Samuel 16:10 2 Samuel 3:39 1 Samuel 26:8 Matthew 8:29

2 Samuel 16:10 · BSB

But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

2 Samuel 3:39 · BSB

And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

1 Samuel 26:8 · BSB

Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

Matthew 8:29 · BSB

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

“shall there any man”

1 Samuel 11:13 Isaiah 16:5 Luke 9:54–56

1 Samuel 11:13 · BSB

But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”

Isaiah 16:5 · BSB

in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

Luke 9:54–56 · BSB

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

23So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.

Read 2 Samuel 19