2 Samuel 19:42

The English Standar Version

All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift?"

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:12

You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:4

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"

2 Samuel 5:1

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

Judges 8:1

Then the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Midian?" And they accused him fiercely.