2 Samuel 19:40-42

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴⁰ The king went across the river to Gilgal. Kimham went with him.^[a] All Judah's army and half of Israel's soldiers helped the king to cross the river.

The men from Israel are angry with the men from Judah

⁴¹ Then all the men of Israel's tribes came to the king. They complained, ‘Why did our brothers, the men of Judah's tribe, take you for themselves? Why were they the only people who could help the king to cross the Jordan River? They helped you and your family and your soldiers to cross, and we had no part in it.’

⁴² The men of Judah's tribe replied, ‘We did it because the king belongs to our own family. Do not be angry about it. The king did not pay for the food that we ate. We have not taken any of his things for ourselves.’