^{42 43} And all the men^◦ of Judah answered the men^◦ of Israel, Because^◦ the king is near to^▵ me; and why then be· you ·incensed over this matter? Eating, have we eaten of the king’s, or accepted a present for ourselves?

⁹ So may God do to Abner, and so may He add unto him, if^▫ as^◦ Jehovah has promised to David, I do not even so to him,