43 Nokho, abantu bakwa-Israyeli baphendula abantu bakwaJuda bathi: “Siziinkoro ezilitjhumi, yeke uDavida ungewethu khulu ukudlula nina. Kubayini-ke nisidelele kangaka? Kghani bekungakafuzi kube ngithi bokuthoma ukubuyisa ikosethu?” Kodwana ilizwi labantu bakwaJuda laba namandla ngaphezu kwelabantu bakwa-Israyeli.