2Sa 19:9-10 | ESV | STEP | And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel , saying , The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines , and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom .

2 Samuel 19:9-10

9 And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, ^a“The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and ^bsaved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now ^che has fled out of the land from Absalom. 10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”