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 kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.
Dead men
1 Samuel 26:16
What you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, all of you deserve to die since you didn’t protect your lord, the Lord’s anointed. Now look around; where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
Didst thou
2 Samuel 9:7
“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “since I intend to show you kindness because of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.”
To cry
2 Kings 8:3
When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years, she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.