16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:

(A)“What share have we in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
Now, see to your own house, O David!”

So Israel departed to their tents.

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16 When all of Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What share do we have in David?[a] There is no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now look to your house, David!” Then Israel went to their[b] tents.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:16 Literally “What is for us a share in David”
  2. 1 Kings 12:16 Hebrew “his”