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41 Then all the people of Israel kept coming to the king. They asked, |Why did our cousins, the people of Judah, kidnap you and bring Your Majesty and your family and men across the Jordan River?| 42 All the people of Judah answered the people of Israel, |Because the king is our relative. Why are you angry about this? Did we eat the king's food, or did he give us any gifts?| 43 The people of Israel answered the people of Judah, |We have ten times your interest in the king and a greater claim on David than you have. Why, then, do you despise us? Weren't we the first to suggest bringing back our king?| But the people of Judah spoke [even] more harshly than the people of Israel. 2 Samuel 19:41-43, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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