2 Samuel 19:41
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan? And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?
The verse belongs to the history of David's reign and records his return to Jerusalem after Absalom's rebellion, following his flight from Jerusalem, the war against Absalom, and the victory over him. It stands near the close of the longer history that runs from the long war between the house of Saul and the house of David through 2 Samuel 20, and its quarrel is over bringing the king and his household and all his men over Jordan. Beyond that place in the history of flight and return, it calls for no separate explanation.
The family and political troubles surrounding David's flight and return, including this quarrel, grew out of the evil of multiplying wives. They display the disgrace and sorrow and miseries that came upon David largely through that evil. The verse is part of the sad history of David's family and rule after his wrong toward Uriah, chiefly through troubles in his own family. The rebellion and family troubles described in 2 Samuel 11-19 are retribution for David's sin, showing that wrongdoing brings sorrow in its own kind.
In verses 41-43 the men of Israel answer in a way that exposes their folly. They do so with an evil, disputatious temper. Their manner makes them like the fool they are answering.