42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is (A)our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift?” 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have (B)ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” (C)But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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