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2 Samuel 19:42

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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?
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  1. 2 Samuel 19:12Rank 1 from verse 42
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    12Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:3–17Rank 2 from verse 42
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    3¶ The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

    4And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

    5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

    6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

    7And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

    8And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

    9The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

    10And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

    11And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

    12And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

    13¶ And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

    14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

    15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

    16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

    17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

  3. 2 Samuel 5:1Rank 3 from verse 42
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    1THEN came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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2 Samuel 19:42

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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kin

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Relatives, family, kindred, or persons connected by blood or close family relation.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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eaten

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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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cost

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Sense 1: The price or expense required for something. Sense 2: As a verb, to require payment, sacrifice, or loss.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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gift

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Sense 1: Something given or bestowed; a present. Sense 2: An endowment or ability. Sense 3: A bribe.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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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?

42And 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?

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43And 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.

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