And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus that thou didst not call us when thou didst go to fight against Midian? And they chided with him sharply.

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him, and he has returned unto me evil for good.

Grievous pr 15

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore, it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And she brought it before Saul and before his slaves, and after they ate, they rose up and went away that night.

Seeing, therefore, that ye did not defend me, I put my life in my hands and went over against the sons of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have ye come up against me this day to fight with me?

And Nabal answered David's slaves and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many slaves nowadays that break from their masters.

Then 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 not take us into account? Did we not speak first about bringing back our king? But in the end words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

And the king answered the people roughly and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him

General references

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?

But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning and expounded it by order unto them, saying,