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41 Suddenly, all the men of Israel were coming to the king. They said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, with all the men of David?” 42 Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is my close relative! Why are you this angry over this matter? Have we by any means eaten anything from the king? Did we take by any means anything that was not ours?”[a] 43 Then the people of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “I have ten times as much[b] in the king, moreover in David I have more than you. Why did you treat me with contempt by not giving me first chance[c] to bring back my king?” But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the word of the men of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:42 Literally “By any means did we eat from the king or by any means was it dragged away for us?”
  2. 2 Samuel 19:43 Literally “ten hands”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:43 Literally “and my word was not the first”