2nd Samuel Chapter 19 verse 29 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndSamuel 19:29

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
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BBE 2ndSamuel 19:29

And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land between Ziba and you.
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DARBY 2ndSamuel 19:29

And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
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KJV 2ndSamuel 19:29

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
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WBT 2ndSamuel 19:29

And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
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WEB 2ndSamuel 19:29

The king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters? I say, You and Ziba divide the land.
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YLT 2ndSamuel 19:29

And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba -- share ye the field.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - Thou and Ziba divide the land. Two views are taken of this decision - the one, that it was a complete reversal of the command in 2 Samuel 16:4, placing matters upon the old footing, by which Ziba was to have half the produce for cultivating the estate; the other, and apparently the most correct view, is that Ziba was now made actual owner of half the land, and Mephibosheth, instead of a half, would henceforth have only a quarter of the crops. The decision was not equitable, and David speaks in a curt and hurried manner, as though vexed with himself for what he was doing. As a matter of fact, Ziba's treachery had been most useful to David. Besides the pleasure at the time of finding one man faithful, when "all men were liars" (Psalm 116:11), Ziba had been most active in bringing over the tribe of Benjamin to David's side; and though his motives were selfish and venal, yet, as the king reaped the benefit of his conduct, he was bound not to leave him without reward.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Divide the land.--When Ziba came to David with his false report about Mephibosheth, David had instantly transferred to him all his master's possessions (2Samuel 16:4); he now saw the injustice of his hasty action, and ought at least to have reversed it, if not to have punished Ziba besides. Either, however, because he had still some doubt of the real merits of the case, or more probably because he was unwilling for political reasons to offend Ziba, he resorts to that halfway and compromise course which was both weak and unjust. The circumstances of the case, the continued mourning of Mephibosheth, the silence of Ziba, concur with the physical infirmity of Mephibosheth to show the truth of his story.