He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.

People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

You are my brothers – my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?’

from the descendants of Adonikam there were the latter ones. Their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one.

Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, “Tell the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace, when everything Israel is saying has come to the king’s attention.