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2 Samuel 19:43

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

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23 Cross References  

idolatry,  sorcery,  hatreds,  strife,  jealousy,  outbursts of anger,  selfish ambitions,  dissensions,  factions,


All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron  and said, ‘Here we are, your own flesh and blood.  ,


for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.


Do nothing out of selfish ambition  or conceit,  but in humility  consider others as more important  than yourselves.


Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.


But if you bite and devour  one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.


Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.


An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.


To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.


A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.


Arrogance leads to nothing but strife, but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.


When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Israel, return to your tents; David, now look after your own house! So Israel went to their tents,


So David said to Abishai, ‘Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord’s soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.’


Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent,  Israel!


So he won over  all the men of Judah, and they unanimously sent word to the king: ‘Come back, you and all your servants.’


People throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves, saying, ‘The king rescued us from the grasp of our enemies,  and he saved us from the grasp of the Philistines,  but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.


God sent an evil spirit  between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They treated Abimelech deceitfully,


The men of Ephraim said to him, ‘Why have you done this to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites? ’ And they argued with him violently.





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