1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.

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When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.

BSB

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

KJV

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

ASV

And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

BBE

And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

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וַיַּרְא vai·yar' and it saw H7200 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 כִּי ki that H3588 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 שָׁמַע sha·ma' he had listened H8085 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 אֲלֵיהֶם 'a·lei·hem to them H413 וַיָּשִׁבוּ vai·ya·shi·vu and they brought back H7725 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 דָּבָר da·var word H1697 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 מַה־ mah- what H4100 לָּנוּ la·nu [belongs] to (the) us H9035 חֵלֶק che·lek portion H2506 בְּדָוִד be·da·vid in David H1732 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 נַחֲלָה na·cha·lah an inheritance H5159 בְּבֶן־ be·ven- in [the] son of H1121 יִשַׁי yi·shai Jesse H3448 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ le·'o·ha·lei·kha to tents your H168 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el O Israel H3478 עַתָּה 'a·tah now H6258 רְאֵה re·'eh consider H7200 בֵיתְךָ vei·te·kha own house your H1004 דָּוִד da·vid O David H1732 וַיֵּלֶךְ vai·ye·lekh and it went H1980 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 לְאֹהָלָיו le·'o·ha·lav to tents its H168

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 16–24

The people speak unbecomingly of David. How soon are good men, and their good services to the public, forgotten ! These considerations should reconcile us to our losses and troubles, that God is the Author of them, and our brethren the instruments: let us not meditate revenge. Rehoboam and his people hearkened to the word of the Lord. When we know God's mind, we must submit, how much soever it crosses our own mind. If we secure the favour of God, not all the universe can hurt us.

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CitizensCanaanTreasonTentRehoboamRebellion

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.