2 Samuel 19:42

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us. Why then be angry about it? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift?

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:12

You are my kinsmen; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?

2 Samuel 19:43

Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, We have ten [tribes'] shares in the king; and we have more right to David than you have. Why then did you despise and ignore us? Were we not the first to speak of our bringing back our king? But the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the charges of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:4

And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, The men of Jabesh-gilead buried Saul. [I Sam. 31:11-13.]

2 Samuel 5:1

THEN ALL the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Judges 8:1

AND THE men of Ephraim said to Gideon, Why have you treated us like this, not calling us when you went to fight with Midian? And they quarreled with him furiously.