and the man saith, `This is the proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;
And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, `Wherefore have they stolen thee--our brethren, the men of Judah?' (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).
And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, `Because the king is near unto us, and why is this--ye are displeased about this matter? have we at all eaten of the king's substance? a gift hath he lifted up to us?'
`Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which is good for you--the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man? --and ye have remembered that I am your bone and your flesh.'