2 Samuel 19:9
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
The verse stands in the latter part of 2 Samuel that records the history of David's reign, with its difficulties, the sad consequences of his many wives and of sons he could not control, Absalom's rebellion and the death of the petted idol of the kingdom, David's lament and return to Jerusalem, his troubles with Joab, and his numbering of the people. More narrowly it belongs to David's victory over Absalom and his return to Jerusalem after fleeing from the city during the war with Absalom. There it records the strife and divided response throughout all the tribes of Israel over bringing the king back.
That strife over the return is part of the disgrace, sorrow and misery that came upon David through his sons Amnon and Absalom. This came largely from the evil of his multiplicity of wives, joined to his inability to control his sons. In turn this family trouble belongs to the retribution and judgments that followed David's great transgression against Uriah. It fulfills Nathan's prophetic denunciation, whose consequences continued through the rest of David's life and chiefly affected his family, including Absalom's rebellion and its aftermath.
The detailed faithfulness with which this return and its sorrows are told stamps the whole account with inspiration. It shows that God does not hide or conceal the sins even of the greatest of kings. So told, David's experience stands as an example that wrongdoing brings suffering of its own kind.