Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
Were
Dead men
Didst thou
To cry
Bible References
Were
Genesis 32:10 I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.
Dead men
1 Samuel 26:16
This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, all of you must surely die, because you did not guard your lord, the Lord’s anointed. And now, see where the king’s spear is and the jug of water that was at his head.”
Didst thou
2 Samuel 9:7
David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly.”
To cry
2 Kings 8:3
At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field.