¹⁴ And he went on to speak to them according to the counsel of the young men,+ saying: “My father, for his part, made YOUR yoke heavy, but I, for my part, shall add to YOUR yoke. My father, for his part, chastised YOU with whips, but I, for my part, shall chastise YOU with scourges.”+

¹⁶ When all Israel got to see that the king had not listened to them, then the people replied to the king, saying: “What share do we have in David?+ And there is no inheritance in the son of Jes′se. To your gods,*+ O Israel. Now see to your own house, O David!”+ With that Israel began to go to their tents.

²² A man given to anger stirs up contention,+ and anyone disposed to rage* has many a transgression.+