1 Kings 12:16

12:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! 1  Return to your homes, O Israel! 2  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” 3  So Israel returned to their homes. 4 

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 5  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 6  around on the altar they had made. 7 

1 sn We have no portion in David; no share in the son of Jesse. Their point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

2 tn Heb “to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

3 tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

4 tn Heb “went to their tents.”

5 tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

6 tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

7 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.