2 Samuel 19:43

Translations

Modern

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.

Traditional

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Literal

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “Ten shares unto me are in the king, and also in David unto me is more than you. And why do you despise us, Was not my word first to bring back my king?” And the word of the men of Judah was sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

Latin

Et respondit vir Israël ad viros Juda, et ait: Decem partibus major ego sum apud regem, magisque ad me pertinet David quam ad te: cur fecisti mihi injuriam, et non mihi nuntiatum est priori, ut reducerem regem meum? Durius autem responderunt viri Juda viris Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.

Notes

2 Samuel 19:41–43

This disagreement started because David favored his own tribe, Judah. It shows the early signs of the split that eventually divided Judah and Israel into two nations (1 Kings 11:31; 12:16, 20).
Were we not the first: See 2 Samuel 19:11–12.

Theme notes and profiles

David Dealing with Conflict

Events

Reign of David

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People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

David Ephraim, Tribe of Gilead (Place) Kings, Books of First and Second Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Anger: Grievous Words Stir Up David: King of Israel: Judah Accused by the Ten Tribes of Stealing Him Away Flattery by Israel and Judah Gilgal: Tribe of Judah Assembles At Israel: Lukewarmness of the Ten Tribes, and Zeal of Judah for David in Absolom's Rebellion Jealousy: Sectional, Between Israel and the Tribe of Judah Strife: Israel and Judah, About David Strife: Judah and Israel Tribe of Judah: Accused by the Other Tribes of Stealing the Heart of David

2 Samuel 19:43

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