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2 Samuel 19:43

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Those from Israel said, "King David belongs to us ten times more than he belongs to you. Why didn't you think we were good enough to help you? After all, we were the first ones to think of bringing him back!" The people of Judah spoke more harshly than the people of Israel.

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Soon the tribe of Judah again became followers of David, and they sent him this message: "Come back, and bring your soldiers with you."

everyone in Israel started arguing. They were saying to each other, "King David rescued us from the Philistines and from our other enemies. But then we chose Absalom to be our new leader, and David had to leave the country to get away. Absalom died in battle, so why hasn't something been done to bring David back?"

A troublemaker from the tribe of Benjamin was there. His name was Sheba the son of Bichri, and he blew a trumpet to get everyone's attention. Then he said, "People of Israel, David the son of Jesse doesn't belong to us! Let's go home."

So David said to Abishai, "Sheba will hurt us more than Absalom ever did. Take my best soldiers and go after him. We don't want him to take over any walled cities and get away from us."

Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, "We are your relatives.

Too much pride causes trouble. Be sensible and take advice.

A kind answer soothes angry feelings, but harsh words stir them up.

The start of an argument is like a water leak-- so stop it before real trouble breaks out.

Making up with a friend you have offended is harder than breaking through a city wall.

Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.

But if you keep attacking each other like wild animals, you had better watch out or you will destroy yourselves.

They worship idols, practice witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are

But don't be conceited or make others jealous by claiming to be better than they are.

Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves.

If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things that God wants done.

But the men were really upset with Gideon and complained, "When you went to war with Midian, you didn't ask us to help! Why did you treat us like that?"

when God decided to punish him and the leaders of Shechem for killing Gideon's seventy sons. So God turned the leaders of Shechem against Abimelech.




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