So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
So every man of Israel went up from after David,.... Those that met him on the road departed from him, and went no further with him:
and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; and made him their captain,…
Barnes' Notes
From Jordan ... - The men of Israel only escorted David from Jordan to Gilgal, and there left him; but the men of Judah in a body went with him all the way to Jerusalem.
David, in the midst of his triumphs, has here the affliction to see his kingdom disturbed and his family disgraced.
I. His subjects revolting from him at the instigation of a man of Belial, whom they…
Cambridge Bible
went up From Gilgal in the valley of the Jordan to the hill country of Ephraim.
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