“This is what the Lord says: You are not to march up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you return home, for this situation is from me.” ’ So they listened to the word of the Lord and went back according to the word of the Lord.
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, ‘We have ten shares in the king, so we have a greater claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Weren’t we the first to speak of restoring our king? ’ But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than those of the men of Israel.
Then Amaziah said to the man of God, ‘What should I do about the 3.5 tonnes of silver I gave to Israel’s division? ’ The man of God replied, ‘The Lord is able to give you much more than this.’