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why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?

This means they should consider bringing David back now that Absalom was dead. The question may be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "we should be talking about bringing the king back." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)

the king

This refers to David.