For thy servant doth know that I have sinned,.... He was sensible of it, and sorry for it, and publicly acknowledged it before all the men he brought with him, and before all the servants of David; and as a token of the sincerity of his repentance, and as an earnest of his future fidelity, he made this early submission:therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king; but why does he make mention of the house of Joseph, when he was of the tribe of Benjamin?
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2 Samuel 19:20
2 Samuel 19:20
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Joseph: 2 Samuel 19:9, 2 Samuel 16:5; Genesis 48:14, Genesis 48:20; 1 Kings 12:20, 1 Kings 12:25; Hosea 4:15-17, Hosea 5:3