16 So when all Israel saw that the king regarded them not, the people answered the king thus, saying, What portion have we in [a]David? we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:16 Though their cause were good, yet it is most hard for the people to bridle their affections, as these vile words declare.

16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

“What share(A) do we have in David,
    what part in Jesse’s son?
To your tents, Israel!(B)
    Look after your own house, David!”

So the Israelites went home.(C)

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