The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: SA2 19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said
unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away,
and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with
him, over Jordan?
SA2 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because
the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this
matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any
gift?
SA2 19:43 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
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