2 Samuel 19:42

New Living Translation

The men of Judah replied, “The king is one of our own kinsmen. Why should this make you angry? We haven’t eaten any of the king’s food or received any special favors!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:12

You are my relatives, my own tribe, my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to welcome back the king?”

2 Samuel 19:43

“But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:4

Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah. When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,

2 Samuel 5:1

Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.

Judges 8:1

Then the people of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us this way? Why didn’t you send for us when you first went out to fight the Midianites?” And they argued heatedly with Gideon.