“But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.
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More right in David than you. —The Septuagint adds, “and I am the firstborn rather than you,”—an unnecessary gloss, and certainly …
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said ,
&c.] They replied to them, as follows:
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
The men of Israel thought themselves despised, and the fiercer words of the men of Judah produced very bad effects. Much evil might be avoided, if …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott