2 Samuel 5:1Legacy Standard BibleThen all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. See the chapter |
But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “We have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our word first to have our king return?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.